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FOR   USB   IN 

YOUNG  PEOPLE'S  SOCIETIES,   SUNDAY-SCHOOLS, 

MONTHLY  MISSIONARY  CONCERTS, 

AND  MISSION  BANDS. 


BY  J 

BELLE  M.  BRAIN. 


Witk  knowledge  to  supply  the  fuel,  the  Word  and  Spirit  to  add 
the  spark,  and  prayer  to  fan  the  flame,  missionary  fires  tvill  be 
kindled,  and  souls  will  be  set  ablaze  with  holy  zeal. 


UNITED  SOCIETY  OF  CHRISTIAN  ENDEAVOR. 

BOSTON  AND  CHICAGO. 


Copyrighted,   1894,  by 
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TO    THE 

MEMBERS   AND    FRIENDS 

OF    THE 

MISSIONARY  CONVERSAZIONE 

First  Presbyterian  Church,  Springfield,  Ohio 

Now  Scattered  through   the  Old  World,  the  New  World, 

AND  THE  Blessed  Heavenly  World  above,  whose  Wise 

Counsel,  Efficient  Help,  Loving  Sympathy,  and 

Earnest  Prayers  made  it  Possible  to  Work 

OUT   THE    Plans   in    the    Following 

Pages,  this  Little  Volume  is 

Lovingly  Dedicated. 

BELLE   M.    BRAIN. 
Springfield,  Ohio,  Sept.  i,  1894. 


WJun  time  with  unrelentless  hand. 
Dissolves  the  union  of  some  little  baftd, 
Fond  fnem^ry  loves  to  hmier  o^er  the  place, 
A  nd  all  our  pleasures  and  our  pains  retrace.''^ 


A  PART  of  the  matter  in  the  following  pages  has  appeared 
from  time  to  time  in  the  columns  of  the  Sunday  School 
Times  in  the  "Ways  of  Working"  Department.  Through 
the  kindness  and  courtesy  of  the  publisher  it  is  now  republished. 


TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 


PAGES 

The  Programme.  —  Its  Character 9-10 

Prayer 11-12 

Scripture'Lessons ^3-^7 

Presenting  Missionary  Information 18 

Missionary  Budgets ^9-33 

Sketches  of  Missionary  Heroes 34-38 

An  Evening  with  Carey 39*4° 

Tourist  Letters 40-41 

Watchmen  and  Heralds       41 

Contests  and  Debates 41-42 

Objection  Box 43-44 

Sharp-Shooting 45-4^ 

Quotations 49-52 

Facts  for  Thinking  Christians 53-56 

Scripture  Problems 57-59 

Picture  Meeting 59 

Curio  Meeting 60 

Missionaries  I  have  seen 60 

Missionary  C amp-Fire 60 

Worth  repeating 61 

Missionary  Poems 61 

Surprise  Meeting 62 

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8  TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 

PAGES 

Do  You  believe  in  Missions  ? 63 

Two-Minute  Talks 63 

A  Story  Three  Yards  Long 63 

Sermon  with  Hidden  Text 64 

Conversations 64-65 

Dissected  Story 66-69 

A  Palaver       69 

A  Palaver  about  Robert  Moffat 70-80 

A  Pow-Wow 80-81 

A  Journey  through  Siam  and  Laos 82-93 

Social  Missionary  Evenings 93 

An  Evening  in  Japan 93-95 

Japanese  Etiquette 95-96 

An  African  Palaver 96-98 

An  Evening  in  China 98 

Chinese  Etiquette 98-100 

Titles  for  Papers 101-104 

Hints  to  Leaders 105-108 

List  of  Books,  Magazines,  etc 109-115 


Fuel  for  Missionary  Fires. 


THE   PROGRAMME.  — ITS   CHARACTER. 


The  supreme  object  of  every  missionary  meeting 
should  be  to  advance  the  cause  of  missions.  This 
should  be  the  definite  aim  in  selecting  every  item  of 
a  missionary  programme. 

Comic  recitations,  secular  solos,  and  dramatic 
readings  are  often  given  a  place,  on  the  pretext  of 
attracting  those  not  interested  in  missions.  No  mat- 
ter how  excellent  or  elevating  they  may  be  in  them- 
selves, they  have  no  right  to  a  place  on  a  missionary 
programme.  Such  a  mixture  is  likely  to  result  in 
defeat,  and  to  be  ridiculed  by  the  very  ones  it  was 
desired  to  reach.  If  the  leader  himself  thinks  there 
is  so  little  interest  in  missions  that  he  must  resort  to 
other  things  to  keep  his  meeting  from  being  stupid, 
others  are  likely  to  agree  with  him.  There  is  won- 
derful drawing  power  in  Christ ;  there  is  wonderful 
fascination  in  Christian  work ;  and  in  winning  others 
we  may  safely  depend  upon  prayer,  the  power  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  and  the  presence  of  Him  who  said, 
"  Lo,  I  am  with  you  alway." 

Let  nothing  foreign  to  the  subject  of  missions 
creep  into  the  programme.  It  need  not  therefore 
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lO  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

be  dull ;  no  study  can  be  made  more  fascinating  if 
rightly  presented. 

Prayer,  Scripture-reading,  spirited  singing  of  grand 
old  missionary  hymns  and  inspiring  new  ones,  mis- 
sionary readings  and  recitations,  missionary  infor- 
mation presented  in  an  endless  variety  of  ways  —  this 
may  form  a  safe  skeleton  outline  for  all  missionary 
programmes. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  II 


PRAYER. 


* '  Praying  A  Iways. ' ' 


Begin  every  meeting  with  prayer  —  a  few  moments' 
silent  prayer,  followed  by  a  short,  earnest,  direct 
prayer  for  a  special  blessing  on  this  special  meeting, 
and  above  all  else  for  the  presence  of  the  Holy 
Spirit. 

Not  only  at  the  beginning,  but  at  intervals  during 
the  meeting,  let  prayers  be  offered  up  to  God. 
Prayers  for  the  missionaries  on  the  field  by  name ; 
for  the  converts  ;  for  the  heathen  ;  for  more  laborers  ; 
for  money ;  for  more  interest  at  home ;  for  our- 
selves ;  for  our  societies. 

But  let  us  pray  because  we  want  these  blessings, 
because  we  need  God's  presence  and  the  Spirit's 
power.  Too  often  prayer  is  offered  just  because  it 
is  the  proper  thing  to  pray  at  a  missionary  meeting. 

Sentence  Prayers.  —  Call  for  sentence  prayers, 
urging  all  who  will  to  offer  a  single  sentence  of 
prayer  for  some  definite,  special  blessing.  "  Lord, 
save  me"  {Alafi.  14:  30),  Peter's  prayer  for  himself; 
and  "  Lord,  help  me"  {Mail.  15  :  25),  the  Canaanite 
woman's  prayer  for  her  daughter,  are  examples  of 
Scripture  sentence  prayers  that  were  speedily  and 
wonderfully  answered. 

Always  designate  the  way  of  closing.  Let  the 
leader  say,  — 

"  Will  Mrs.  A.  please  make  the  closing  prayer  ?" 
or,  — 


12  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

"  Will  Mr.  B.  close  by  leading  us  in  singino-  one 
verse  of  '  Nearer,  My  God,  to  Thee,'  while  our  heads 
are  still  bowed  ?  "  or,  — 

"  In  closing,  we  will  all  join  in  our  Lord's  Prayer  ; " 
or,  — 

■'  Will  Miss  C.  close  by  singing  for  us,  as  a  solo, 
one  verse  of  some  hymn  that  will  draw  us  nearer  to 
our  Master  ?  " 

A  Chain  of  Prayer.  —  Ask  several  members  to 
lead  in  short  prayers,  one  following  another  in  the 
order  that  the  names  are  called.  Sometimes  assign 
a  definite  subject  for  prayer  to  each,  sometimes  allow 
each  to  pray  as  the  Spirit  prompts. 

Bible  Prayers.  —  Study  Bible  prayers.  Some 
one  suggests  asking  the  members  to  come  prepared 
to  engage  in  a  season  of  sentence  prayers  all  taken 
from  Scripture. 

Examples.  —  "Thy  kingdom  come;"  "Let  the 
words  of  my  mouth  and  the  meditations  of  my  heart 
be  acceptable  to  thee;"  "Create  in  me  a  clean 
heart;"  "O  Lord,  open  thou  my  lips ;  "  "Search 
me  and  know  my  heart." 

The  Lord's  Prayer.  —  Sometimes  pray  the 
Lord's  Prayer.  It  is  often  repeated,  but  seldom 
PRAYED.  Ask  the  society  to  stand,  with  bowed 
heads,  and  when  the  room  is  very  still,  all  unite  in 
praying,  very  softly  and  slowly,  the  dear  old  prayer. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  13 


SCRIPTURE  LESSONS. 


"  The  nvord  of  the  Spirit,  which  is  the  word  of  GodV 


Always  make  use  of  the  Bible.  But  use  it  as 
the  word  of  God  —  the  all-powerful  "sword  of  the 
Spirit."  Don't  read  it  because  it  is  customary  to 
read  a  passage  of  Scripture  at  a  missionary  meeting. 
Read  it  expecting  to  accomplish  something  by  it. 
Believe  God  when  he  says  of  his  word,  "  It  shall  not 
return  unto  me  void,  but  it  shall  accomplish  that 
which  I  please,  and  it  shall  prosper  in  the  thing 
whereto  I  sent  it."  {Fsa.  55:11.)  "The  seed  is 
the  word  of  God."  Sow  it  expecting  a  harvest  as 
surely  as  the  farmer  expects  to  reap  when  he  sows 
his  field  with  grain. 

There  are  many  methods  of  using  Scripture,  many 
ways  of  presenting  Bible  truth.  Try  sometimes  one, 
sometimes  another. 

I.  Single  Texts.  —  Sometimes  a  single  text,  fol- 
lowed by  a  few  pointed  remarks,  will  be  an  arrow 
sinking  deep  into  some  heart,  and  will  have  greater 
influence  than  a  whole  chapter  aimlessly  read. 

Example.  —  Stir  up  the  gift  of  God  that  is  in 
thee  —  the  gift  that  is  in  thee.  Not  your  neighbor's 
gift,  not  some  great  gift,  not  the  gift  you  wish  you 
had,  but  the  gift  that  you  have.  Everybody 
has  some  gift  —  what  is  yours?  "Where  hast  thou 
gleaned  to-day?"  Only  five  little  words,  but  what 
a  searching  question.  "  Why  stand  ye  here  all  the 
day  idle?"     "  Silver  and  gold  have  I  none,  but  such 


14  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

as  I  have  give  I  thee.^'  "  Happy  is  he  that  con- 
demneth  not  himself  in  that  thing  which  he  al- 
loweth."  These  are  examples  of  texts  that  can  be 
so  used,  and  the  Bible  is  full  of  others  equally  pow- 
erful. 

2.  Scripture  Lesson  with  Golden  Text.  — 
Choose  a  short,  powerful  passage  of  Scripture,  se- 
lecting from  it  a  Golden  Text,  adding  a  few  pointed 
comments. 

Examplds.  —  Feeding  of  the  Five  Thousand. 
{Matt.  14:15-21.)  Golden  Text,  "Give  ye  them 
to  eat."     (v.  16.) 

The  story  of  the  Lepers  at  the  Siege  of  Samaria. 
(2  Kings  7:3-16.)  Golden  Text,  "We  do  not 
well :  this  day  is  a  day  of  good  tidings,  and  we  hold 
our  peace."     {v.  ^) 

3.  Bible  Questions  and  Answers.  —  Choose 
two  readers,  and  have  them  stand  on  opposite  sides 
of  the  room,  or  one  at.  the  front  and  one  at  the 
back.  Let  one  ask  questions,  and  the  other 
answer. 

Ques.   **  Will  a  man  rob  God?  '' 

Atts.     "  Yet  ye  have  robbed  me." 

Ques.    "  Wherein  have  we  robbed  thee?  " 

Ans.     "  In  tithes  and  offerings."     {Mai.  3:  8.) 

Ques.   •'  What  must  I  do  to  be  saved?  " 

Ans.     "  Believe   in   the   Lord   Jesus   Christ,  and   thou 

shalt  be  saved."     {Acts  16:  30,  31.) 
Ques.   "  What  shall  I  render  unto  the  Lord  for  all  his 

benefits  to  me?  " 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  15 

Ans,  "  I  will  take  the  cup  of  salvation,  and  call  upon 
the  name  of  the  Lord.  I  will  pay  my  vows 
unto  the  Lord  now  in  the  presence  of  all  his 
people."     (Ps.  116:  12-14.) 

4.   Responsive  Readings.  — 

a.  Let  the  leader  read  the  first  verse,  and  the 
audience  the  second,  and  so  on  to  the  end  of  the 
reading. 

d.  Let  the  leader  read  the  first  half,  and  the  audi- 
ence respond  with  the  last  half. 

Examples.  —  The  Beatitudes.  {Afati.  5:1-12.) 
The  leader  reads  v.  i  and  2  as  a  preface. 

Leader.  "  Blessed  are  the  poor  in  spirit;" 

Response,  "  For  theirs  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven." 

Leader.  "  Blessed  are  they  that  mourn;" 

Response.  "  For  they  shall  be  comforted." 


II,  and  the 


audience  all  oi  v.  12. 


The  23d  Psalm  :  — 
Leader.      *'The  Lord  is  my  shepherd;" 
Response.   "  I  shall  not  want." 

Leader.      '*  He  maketh  me  to  lie  down  in  green  pas- 
tures;" 
Response.  *'  He  leadeth  me  beside  the  still  waters." 

*  * 

The  19th  Psalm  and  others  can  be  so  used. 

*  * 

c.    Where  the  audience  is  seated  in  sections,  let 
each  section  and  the  leader  read  in  turn. 


l6  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

Example.  —  Ps.  103,  where  there  are  three  sec- 
tions, — 

Leader,  7k  i  ;  First  Section,  v.  2  ;  Second  Section, 
V.  3 ;  Third  Section,  v.  4.  Leader,  7/.  5  ;  First  Sec- 
tion, V.  6 ;  and  so  on,  all  uniting  in  the  last  three 
verses. 

5.   Bible  Testings. — 

a.  Either  with  or  without  previous  notice,  call  on 
the  audience  for  texts  proving  certain  statements. 

Example.  —  Give  texts  proving  three  things  about 
sin. 

1.  That  all  have  sinned. 

2.  That  the  results  of  sin  are  fatal. 

3.  That  there  is  a  remedy  for  sin. 

Many  texts  will  probably  be  given  on  so  easy  a 
subject ;  and  the  result  will  be  a  strong  Bible-reading 
on  sin,  to  which  every  one  has  listened  with  more 
interest  and  attention  than  if  the  leader  had  pre- 
pared it. 

b.  Announce  a  subject,  and  ask  the  audience  to 
give  all  the  Bible  says  about  it. 

Example.  —  Daily  Duties  mentioned  in  God's 
Word. 

There  is  a  long  list,  and  hunting  for  them  is  a 
profitable  exercise.  The  leader  should  use  a  black- 
board to  write  them  down  as  they  are  given. 

c.  Prepare  a  Bible-reading  on  any  desired  subject, 
using  the  most  familiar  texts.  Write  the  references 
on  slips,  and  distribute  them.  Call  for  them  by 
number,  and  after  each  one  is  read,  call  on  the  audi- 
ence to  name   the  book  of  the   Bible  in  which  the 


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text  is  found  —  of  course  not  allowing  the  one  hold- 
ing the  slip  to  answer. 
Example.  —  Giving. 

"  Bring  ye  all  the  tithes  into  the  storehouse." 
{Malachi.) 

"  Freely  ye  have  received,  freely  give."  {Matthew.) 
"  God  loveth  a  cheerful  giver."     (2  Corinthians.) 
Don't  have  too  many  references  ;    ten   is  a  good 
number. 

6.  Sometimes  use  as  Bible-Readings  the  mark- 
ings given  us  from  the  Bibles  of  Moody  and  other 
Christian  workers. 

Exafnples.  —  "  Seven  Blessings  "  of  Revelation. 

Eight  "  Overcomes  "  of  Revelation. 

Six  Things  "  Worth  Knowing  "  in  i  John  3. 

Five  "  Precious  Things  "  of  Peter. 

Seven  "Walks  "  of  Ephesians. 

7.  God's  Calls  and  Men's  Answers. — 

This  is  a  good  subject  for  a  Bible-reading  or  a 
Bible-talk. 

Tell  of  Isaiah,  who  volunteers;  Jeremiah,  who  is 
timid  till  strengthened  by  God's  promise.  Moses, 
who  raises  many  objections,  but  finally  does  his  work  ; 
Jonah,  who  runs  away  from  duty,  but  is  made  willing 
through  trial ;  Paul,  who  asks  what  he  shall  do,  etc. 
*  * 

"  Some  can  go."     "  Go  ye."     {Mark  16:  15.) 
*'  Most  can  give."     "  Give  ye."     {Matt.  14:  16.) 
♦'  All  can  pray."     "  Pray  ye."     {Matt.  9  :  38.) 


l8  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 


PRESENTING    MISSIONARY   INFORMATION. 

In  preparing  the  strictly  missionary  part  of  the 
programme,  there  is  such  a  store  to  select  from,  that 
one  is  bewildered  by  an  embarrassment  of  riches. 
But  too  often  only  the  very  driest  items,  told  in  the 
most  prosy  manner  possible,  are  selected.  Of  course 
they  are  received  in  a  most  unenthusiastic  manner, 
and  even  the  stanchest  friends  of  missions  are 
obliged  to  vote  the  meeting  stupid. 

The  great  storehouses  of  missionary  literature  are 
crowded  with  thrilling  facts  ;  and  so  much  that  is  of 
great  and  stirring  interest  is  continually  happening 
in  connection  with  mission-work,  that  there  is  no 
excuse  for  a  dull  programme. 

The  plans  given  here  for  presenting  missionary 
news  have  all  been  tested  by  a  society  of  young 
ladies  and  gentlemen  called  the  "  Missionary  Con- 
versazione."' 

It  held  monthly  week-day  evening  meetings,  and 
succeeded  in  rousing  not  only  enthusiastic,  but  last- 
ing interest  in  missions. 

Its  programmes  have  embraced  many  plans,  run- 
ning through  the  meetings  of  an  entire  year,  such  as 
"  Budgets  of  Mission  News,"  "  Watch  Towers," 
*'  Tourist  Letters,"  "  Sketches  of  Heroes,"  etc.  Also 
many  plans  that  were  found  helpful  tor  use  at  a 
single  meeting. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  19 


MISSIONARY   BUDGETS. 

Publish  a  Budget  of  Missionnry  A'ews  once  a 
month  during  an  entire  year,  its  subject  being  the 
topic  for  the  month  as  selected  by  the  various  mis- 
sion-boards. Or  issue  a  single  Budget  on"  some  spe- 
cial subject,  and  let  it  form  the  central  feature  of  one 
programme. 

Prepare  the  Budget  in  either  one  of  two  ways  :  — 

1.  Appoint  for  each  Budget  two  editors,  whose 
duty  shall  be  to  prepare  and  read  one  number.  Let 
the  editors  take  two  turns  each  in  reading,  to  avoid 
monotony. 

2.  Appoint  one  person  as  editor,  and  let  him  call 
upon  different  members  for  contributions.  In  read- 
ing, let  each  contributor  read  his  own  production, 
the  editor  giving  the  title  and  introducing  the  author. 

Each  Budget  should  have  one  or  more  short  edito- 
rials, a  poem,  a  number  of  good  articles,  a  missionary 
letter,  news  from  the  field,  a  column  of  short  items, 
advertisements,  and  any  novel  and  unique  features 
which  the  editors  are  bright  enough  to  introduce. 
In  the  table  of  contents  that  follow,  "  Chopsticks," 
"  Fans,"  "  Arrows,"  "  Scissorings,"  etc.,  are  head- 
ings of  columns  of  short  articles. 

Make  the  Budget  as  attractive  as  possible  in  every 
way.  Write  it  (if  possible  typewrite  it)  on  any 
convenient  size  of  paper,  and  make  covers  of  heavy 
car  Iboard  tied  with  ribbon,  and  decorated  in  either 
pen  and  ink  or  water-colors  by  any  member  of  the 
society  willing  to  consecrate  a  little  artistic  talent. 


•O  <F'UE)L    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 


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PUBLISHED  MONTHLY 

BY 

THE  MISSIONARY  CONVERSAZIONE. 

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FUEL    F*OR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  21 

If  you  cannot  secure  the  material  callied  for  in  the  fol- 
lowing pages,  substitute  something  else.  Information 
for  preparing  Budgets  will  be  found  by  consulting  the 
encyclopaedia  of  missions,  books  of  travels  and  biog- 
raphies, leaflets,  pamphlets,  etc.  Files  of  mission- 
ary magazines  are  invaluable,  containing  a  great 
variety  of  material,  while  the  latest  numbers  are  in- 
dispensable for  bringing  the  information  up  to  date. 
Annual  reports  of  the  mission-boards  are  also  very 
helpful.  Send  to  your  board  for  a  catalogue  of  their 
publications.  *'  How  They  say  It  in  Mission  Lands  " 
will  give  definitions  and  pronunciations  of  foreign 
words  used  in  connection  with  mission-work. 


22  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 


Ef}e  Butiget. 

*'777£   FIELD   IS    THE    WORLD.'' 

January. 

TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 

1. 

Editorial. 

2. 

The  Whole  Wide  World  for  Jesus. 

3. 

Greetings. 

4. 

A  Hundred  Years  Ago.'^ 

5. 

The  Message  of  the  Months. 

6. 

Our  Share  for  the  Coming  Year.'^ 

7. 

A  Trip  Around  the  World. <^ 

8. 

''  Watchman,  What  of  the  Night  ?  " 

9. 

A  Missionary  Panorama.^ 

10. 

Growing  Old.     Poem. 

11. 

A  Little  Chat  between  Old  Year  and  New 

Year. 

12. 

Wanted  —  $1,000,000 ! 

a.  "  Foreign  Missions  One  Hundred  Years  Ago,"  p.  679,  Mis- 
sionary  RevierVf  Sept.,  1892;  "What  a  Century  of  Christianity  has 
done  for  Wome«;  "  "  A  Century  of  Missions." 

b.  "  How  Much  do  I  Owe  ?"     Leaflet. 

c.  "  A  Trip-  Around  the  World,"  —  Pamphlet  ;  "  Our  Journey 
Around  the  World,"  by  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Clark. 

(^.  Rcture  each  country  coming  in  rapid  succession,  proclaiming 
its  condition  and  needs. 

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CHINA. 

February. 

TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 

1. 

Editorials. 

2. 

4. 

5. 

Language  and  Literature. 
Medical  Hospitals  in  China.* 
Things  Chinese. 
Contrasts. 

6. 

Chinese  Converts.^ 

7. 
8. 
9. 

Chopsticks. 

Superstitions  in  China. '^ 

Our  Workers  and  Their  Work. 

10. 
11. 

'-Behold  What  God  hath  wrought." 
"Runaway  Bob,"  a  Story  of  Robert  Mor- 

rison.'^ 

12. 

Bear  the  Message  Onward.      (Poem.) 

a.  See  "  Medical  Missions:  Facts  and  Testimonies  to  their  Value 
and  Success." 

b.  See  "  China,"  by  Rev.  J.  T.  Gracey,  D.D.,  p.  35. 

c.  See  "  Mission  Stories  of  Many  Lands,"  p.  213. 

d.  See  CJmrch  at  Home  and  Abroad,  February,  1892. 

Consult,  also,  "  China,"  Studies,  No.  8;  "Glimpses  into  Chinese 
Homes;"  "  In  Boats,  Carts,  Homes,  and  Hearts  in  China;"  "A 
Sunday  in  China ;  "  "  Question  Book  on  China ;  "  "  Historical  Sketch," 
China  (Pres.") ;  "Historical  Sketch "  (Cong.);  "Chinese  Character- 
istics," by  Arthur  Smith;  "  In  the  Far  East,"  by  Geraldine  Guinness; 
"  China  and  the  Chinese,"  by  Dr.  Nevins ;  "  In  Brightest  Asia ; " 
"  China's  Millions." 

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E^t  Butiget. 

A/EX/CO. 

March. 

TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 

1. 

Editorials. 

2. 

Mexico,  a  Needy  Field. 

3. 

Across  Mexico,  via  the  P.  &  I.  R.R.  (Pen 

&  Ink  R.R.). 

4. 

Bible  Scenes  in  a  Land  Without  the  Bible.« 

5. 

Our  Next  Door  Neighbor  —  Her  Resources. 

6. 

Mexican  Martyrs.^ 

7. 

Scissorings. 

8. 

A  Twofold    Curse  —  Romanism   and   Infi- 

delity. 

9. 

Our  Standard-Bearers  in  Mexico. 

10. 

Glimpses  of  Mexican  Home-Life. 

11. 

Guatemala  — A  Bird's  Eye  View. 

12. 

Light  in  Darkness. 

References.  —  "Mexico  as  a  Needy  Missionary  Field;"  "Our 
Next  Door  Neighbor;"  "The  Women  of  Mexico;"  "Question 
Book  on  Mexico;"  "Historical  Sketch,"  Mexico  (Pres.);  "Con- 
densed Sketch "  (Cong.) ;  "  Historical  Sketch,"  Guatemala;  "Through 
the  Heart  of  Mexico:  "  "  Evenings  with  Missions,"  No.  i,  Mexico. 

a.   "  Mission  Stories  from  Many  Lands,"  p.  344. 

i.    Chi4rch  at  Home  atid  Abroad,  p.  225,  March,  1892. 

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/Arn/j. 

April. 

TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 

1. 

Editorials. 

2. 

Weather  Indications. 

3. 

The  Curse  of  Caste. 

4. 

Imprisonment  for  Life.     (Woman's  Lot.) 

5. 

Correspondence     from     "  India's      Coral 

Strands." 

6. 

About  Town  Notes. 

7. 

Work  Among  the  Lepers. 

8. 

Two  Methods  of  Doctoring. 

9. 

A  Morning  in  a  Zenana. 

10. 

Trials  of  Hindoo  Widows. 

11. 

Heroes  and  Heroines  of  India's  Missionary 

History. 

12. 

Advertisements  and  Notices. 

References.  —  "Question  Book  on  India;  "  "Historical  Sketch," 
India  (Pres.) ;  "In  Brightest  Asia ;  "  "Mission  Stories  from  Many 
Lands,"  "  Mission  to  the  Telegus;  "  "A  Pentecostal  Day  in  Ongole  ;  " 
"  Flash  Lights  on  India;  "  "  Woman's  Rights  in  India:  "  "  Historical 
Sketch,"  "  India  and  Ceylon  ;  "  "  What  is  a  Zenana,  and  Who  Lives 
in  It  ? "  "  Hindu  Widowhood ;  "  "  Hindu  Women  and  Their  Homes ;  " 
"  Woman's  Work  in  the  Zenanas  of  India;"  "India  Zenana  Mis- 
sions," by  Mrs.  Pitman;  "Story  of  the  Mission  to  the  Lepers  in 
India." 

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El)e  Butiget* 

5/^ J/  AND   LAOS. 

May. 

TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 

1. 

Editorials. 

2. 

Two  Ways  of  Reaching  Siam. 

3. 

Sights  and  Scenes  in  Siam. 

4. 

Cakes  Hot  from  the  Griddle.      (Extracts 

from  late  letters.) 

5. 

To-day.      (Poem.) 

6. 

A  Siamese  Doctor's  Prescription. 

7. 

Society  Notes. 

8. 

A  Day  in  Laos. 

9. 

Dark  Hearts  to  be  brought  to  the  Light. 

10. 

Your  Own.      (Poem.) 

11. 

Facts  and  Fancies. 

12. 

Crossed  Lines.     (A  telephone  talk  between 

the  Society  and  Siam,  overheard  by  the 

Editor.) 

References.  —  "  Question  Book  on  Siam  and  Laos;  "  "  Historical 
Sketch,"  Siam  and  Laos  (Pres.);  "Siam,"  Studies,  No.  4  and  5 
(Bapt.);  "  A  Plea  for  Siam  ;  "  "  Siam  and  Laos,"  by  Mary  L.  Cort; 
"A  Brief  Record,  Life  of  Mary  Campbell;"  "Siam  and  Laos,  as 
seen  by  our  American  Missionaries." 

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AF/?/CA. 

June. 

TABLE   OF    CONTENTS. 

1. 

Editorials. 

2. 

3. 
4. 

<'In  Darkest  Africa  :  "    "Bright  Spots  on 

a  Dark  Subject." 
A  Bit  of  Missionary  Geography. 
Observations  from  Our  Watch  Tower. 

5. 

Our  "  Lamp  Lighters  in  the  Dark  Continent." 

6. 

The  Great  Foe  —  Rum.'^ 

7. 

A  Cry  from  Poor  Africa  ;  From  One  on  the 
Field. 

8. 

A  Palaver  about  the  Slave  Trade. ^ 

9. 

Lives  Given  to  Africa.^ 

10. 

The  Loving  Hearts  Buried  in  Africa.^ 

11. 

Short  Items. 

12. 

Are  We  Holding  the  Ropes  ? 

a.  See  "The  Drink  Traffic  in  Africa,"  Leaflet;  also,  "Christendom's 
Rum  Trade  with  Africa,"  p.  412,  Missionary  Review,  June,  1894. 

b.  See  "  An  African  Devil's  Business,  and  Its  Arab  Agents," 
p.  424,  Missionaryf  Review,  June,  1891. 

c.  See  "  Missionary  Heroes  in  Africa,"  p.  117.  Missio7tary  Re- 
view, Feb.,  1889. 

d.  See  "  Susi  and  Chuma,  Livingstone's  Body  Guard,"  p.  401, 
Missionary  Revieiv,  June,  1894. 

References.  — "  Mission  Stories  of  Many  Lands;"  "Historical 
Sketch,"  Africa  (Pres.);  "Historical  Sketch,"  Africa  (Cong.); 
"  Africa,"  Studies,  No.  7  (Bant.) :  "  Mothers  and  Homes  of  Africa;  " 
"  Question  Book  on  Africa ;  "  "  Notes  for  the  Study  of  Africa  ;  "  "  A 
Cry  from  the  Congo,"  Poem;  "Mission  to  Africa;"  "The  Congo 
Mission;  "  "  The  Pentecost  on  the  Congo." 

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E^t  Butiget. 

NORTH  AMERICAN  INDIANS. 

July. 

TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 

1. 

Editorials. 

2. 

Local  Items.'* 

3. 

Peeps  at  Hampden,   Carlisle,   and  Forest 

Grove.  ^ 

4. 

Fashion  Notes. 

5. 

A  Quart  of  Seed  Wheat :  or,  A  Romance  in 

Missionary  History.^ 

6. 

Echoes. 

7. 

Forty  Years'  Work.^ 

8. 

Arrows. 

9. 

Language  and  Literature  Notes. 

10. 

Indian  Names. 

11. 

The  Power  of  the  Gospel. 

12. 

A  Snap  Shot  at  '<  One  Little  Injun  !  "^ 

a.  Indian  traditions,  old  Indian  haunts,  Indian  names  and  events, 
etc.,  connected  with  your  own  home  city  and  its  vicinity. 

b.  Government  Schools  at  Hampden,  Va.,  Carlisle,  Pa.,  and 
Forest  Grove,  Ore. 

c.  See  "Three  Heroines  of  the  Nez  Percez  Mission,"  p.  i88.  Mis- 
sionary Review,  Mar.,  1894,  and  "  A  Romance  of  Modem  Missions," 
p.  481,  Missiojtary  Review,  Julv,  1888,  especially  the  latter. 

d.  "  Mary  and  I,  or  Forty  Years  among  the  Sioux,"  by  Dr.  Riggs. 

e.  Leaflet,  "  One  Little  Injun  !  " 

References.  —  "  Question  Book  on  North  American  Indians  ;  " 
"Historical  Sketch,"  "  North  American  Indians;"  "  A  Century  of 
Dishonor,"  by  "H.H.";  "  Evenings  with  Missions,"  No.  2,  The 
Indians. 

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KOREA. 

August. 

TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 

1. 

Editorials. 

2. 

How  a  Beginning  was  made  in  the  Hermit 

Nation. 

3. 

Street  Scenes  in  Seoul. 

4. 

The  Far  Away  Land  of  Chosen. 

5. 

Woman  and  the  Gospel  in  Korea. 

6. 

Kurious  Kustoms  in  Korea. 

7. 

Our  Missionaries  in  the  Hermit  Nation. 

8. 

Letters  from  the  Field. 

9. 

Advertisements . 

10. 

Cablegrams  from  Korea. 

11. 

Government  Examinations. 

12. 

"  Are  You  shining  for  Jesus  ?  "      (Poem.) 

References.  —  "  Question  Book  on  Korea  ;  "  "  Historical 
Sketch,"  Korea;  "The  Little  Missionary'  in  Korea;"  "Korea" 
(leaflet)  ;  "  Korea,  Without  and  Within,"  by  Dr.  Griffis. 

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E\}t  Butigct. 

^AFAjV. 

September. 

TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 

1. 

Editorials. 

2. 

Japonica.  —  The  Land  of  the  Rising  Sun. 

3. 

How  Japan  was  Opened. 

4. 

Japan  at  the  World's  Fair. 

5. 

Japanese  Folk  Lore  and  Fireside  Stories. 

6. 

Fans. 

7. 

The  Deformed  Girl. — A  Story  from  Japan. « 

8. 

The  Missionary  Outlook. 

9. 

Yema.^ 

10. 

Japanese  Native  Christians. 

11. 

Pen  Pictures  of  our  Workers. 

12. 

A  Romance  of  Japanese  Missions.  —  The 

Story  of  Neesima. 

a.    "Mission  Stories  of  Many  Lands,"  p.  251. 

i.   "  Mission  Stories  of  Many  Lands,"  p.  247. 

References.  —  "  Question  Book  on  Japan  ;  "  "  Historical 
Sketch,"  Japan  (Pres.) ;  "Japan,"  Studies,  No.  9  (Bapt.) ;  "His- 
torical Sketch"  (Cong.);  "Woman's  Life  in  Japan;"  "Woman's 
Lot  in  Japan ;  "  "  Some  Curious  Things  about  Japan ;  "  "  In  Bright- 
est Asia;  "  "  China  and  Japan,"  by  Bishop  Wiley;  "  Life  of  Joseph 
Hardy  Neesima." 

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PERSIA. 

October. 

TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 

1. 

Editorials. 

2. 

Sights  About  Persian  Cities. 

3. 

Bible  Scenes  in  Persia. 

4. 

Glimpses  into  Persian  Homes. 

5. 

"Pity  Their  Lot,   and  be   Thankful   for 

Your  Own." 

6. 

Power  of  the  Gospel  in  Persia. 

7. 

Medicine  —  The  Golden  Key.^^ 

8. 

Pearls  from  Persia. 

9. 

One  Day's  Work  for  Jesus. 

10. 

Mohammedan  Prejudice. 

11. 

Dawn  and  Light. 

12. 

Late  News  Notes. 

a.  "  Medical  Missions,  Facts  and  Testimonies  to  their  Value  and 
Success." 

References.  — "  Question  Book  on  Persia ;  "  "  Historical  Sketch," 
Persia;  "Fidelia  Fiske;"  "Woman  and  Her  Savior  in  Persia;" 
"  Persia,  the  Land  of  the  Imams." 

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SOUTH  AMERICA. 

November. 

TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

1. 

Editorials. 

2. 

Our  Sister  Continent.  —  A  Neglected  Con- 

tinent. 

3. 

Romish  Heathenism  in  South  America. 

4. 

Notes  on  Open  Letters. 

5. 

Ten  Test  Questions. 

6. 

Letters  from  the  Field. 

7. 

Brazil  Nuts  and  Chili  Sauce. 

8. 

Wars  and  Rumors  of  Wars. 

9. 

Our    Soul     Saving    Stations    in     South 

America. 

10. 

A  Missionary  Hero.« 

11. 

"Sisters."     (Poem.) 

12. 

Advertisements. 

a.  "Capt.  Allen  Gardiner,  the  Heroic  Missionary  of  South 
America"  (leaflet). 

References.  —  "  Question  Book  on  South  America ;  "  "  Historical 
Sketch,"  South  America  ;  "  South  America  "  (leaflet)  ;  "  South 
America:  The  Neglected  Continent.  With  a  summary  of  spiritual 
story  and  needs  of  South  America." 

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E\\t  Butiget. 

SV/^/A. 

December. 

TABLE  OF   CONTENTS. 

1. 

Editorials. 

o 

Syria  —  December. 

8. 

'<  The  Land  and  the  Book.'' 

4. 

Modern  Syria.  —  Extracts  from  the  Diary 

of  a  Returned  Pilgrim. 

5. 

Seed  Sowing  and  Harvest. 

6. 

Every-day  Sights  in  Syria. 

7. 

Wonderful  Results  of  Prayer. 

8. 

Breezes  from  Lebanon. 

9. 

A  Day  Among  Syrian  Christians. 

10. 

Audacity  of  Modern  Civilization.  — A  Rail- 

road to  Jerusalem  ! 

11. 

Pages  from  Missionary  Letters. 

12. 

The  Syria  Protestant  College.^ 

a.    See  "  Encyclopaedia  of  Missions." 

References.  —  "  Question  Book  on  Syria ;  "  "  Historical  Sketch," 
"Syria;"  "Syrian  Home  Life,"  by  Dr.  Jessup ;  "Bible  Work  in 
Bible  Lands;  "  "The  Romance  of  Missions." 

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SKETCHES  OF  MISSIONARY   HEROES. 


"  Lives  of  great  men  all  remind  us 
We  can  fnake  our  lives  sublime. ^^ 


Studying  missionary  biography  is  sure  to  rouse  in- 
terest in  missions ;  and  missionary  leaders  will  do 
well  to  see  that  the  missionary  library  is  not  only 
well  stocked  with  such  books,  but  that  they  are  not 
allowed  to  stand  idle  on  the  shelves. 

A  story  is  told  of  a  train-boy  who  passed  through 
the  train,  giving  each  person  just  one  peanut.  Every- 
body looked  surprised,  and  wondered  what  it  meant, 
but  ate  the  peanut.  The  wisdom  of  the  train-boy 
was  soon  apparent,  for  when  he  came  in  again  with 
sacks  of  peanuts,  almost  everybody  invested  in  one. 
If  at  our  meetings  a  short  sketch  of  missionary  life 
could  be  made  bright  and  interesting,  it  would  surely 
serve  the  purpose  of  the  one  peanut,  and  create  a  de- 
sire for  more. 

A  plan  that  may  with  profit  run  through  the  meet- 
ings of  a  whole  year  is  to  prepare  each  month  a 
sketch  of  some  missionary  hero  or  heroine  con- 
nected with  the  field  for  the  month.  Write  the  sketch 
on  a  large  sheet  of  heavy  white  cardboard,  about 
twenty  by  twenty-seven  inches,  dividing  it  into  two 
three,  or  four  columns,  as  the  writer  desires.  Deco- 
rate the  cardboard  in  any  pleasing  manner,  and  print 
the  name  of  the  hero  across  the  top.  If  possible,  se- 
cure a  picture  of  him,  and  paste  it  near  the  top  of  the 
left-hand  column.  These  pictures  will  be  found  in 
missionary  magazines    or    papers ;    and  by    cutting 


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around  the  outline  of  the  picture,  leaving  none  of 
the  original  background  around  it,  and  pasting  it 
carefully  on  the  cardboard,  it  will  be  almost  impossi- 
ble to  tell  that  it  is  not  printed  there.  Other  pictures 
of  the  field  in  which  the  hero  worked  might  be  cut 
and  pasted  in  a  similar  manner  at  the  bottom  of  the 
sketch.  Finish  the  whole  with  a  narrow  gilt  mould- 
ing across  the  top  and  bottom,  and  ribbons  tied  to 
hang  it  by. 

January  —  "^  John  G.  Paton,  whose  story  reads 
like  a  romance  from  beginning  to  end. 

February  — '''  Robert  Morrison,  who  began  as 
'*  Ragged  Bob  "  in  a  mission-school,  and  became  the 
^reat  pioneer  of  missions  in  China. 

March — '"  Melinda  Rankin,  who  with  "Bible 
in  hand,  and  faith  in  heart,"  first  carried  the  gospel 
into  Mexico. 

April  —  '^William  Carey,  the  "shoemaker  mis- 
sionary,*' v/ho  left  all  to  plant  the  Cross  in  India. 

Mav  —  ^  Adoniram  Judson,  who  endured  trials 
without  number  that  Burmah  might  be  won  for 
Christ. 

Ju7ie — /Samuel  Adjai  Crowther,  the  "Afri- 
can Slave  Boy  who  became  a  Bishop,*'  and  led  multi- 
tudes of  his  people  to  Jesus. 

July  —  .^  David  Brainerd,  missionary  to  the.red 
men. 

Aui^ust — ^i  Robert  McAll,  who  carried  a  free, 
pure  gospel  to  priest-ridden  France. 

September  —  ''  Dr.  Joseph  Hardy  Neesima, 
whose  mighty  work  for  his  native  Japan  can  never  be 
estimated. 


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October — J  Fidelia  Fiske,  who  sat  down  in  Persia 
at  one  communion  with  ninety-two  that  she  had 
brought  to  Christ. 

Nove7?iber  —  -^  Allen  Gardiner,  whose  work  \\\ 
South  America  won  such  a  tribute  to  missions  from 
the  naturaHst,  Darwin. 

December  —  ^  CvRUS  Hamlin,  who  spent  the  lar- 
ger part  of  his  Hfe  in  Turkey. 

"Time  would  fail"  to  make  mention  of  Moffat, 
of  Livingstone,  of  Hannington,  of  Mills,  of  Newell, 
of  Brainerd,  of  Duff,  of  Martyn,  of  John  Williams,  of 
Patteson,  of  Nott,  of  Parsons,  of  Stoddard,  of  Clough, 
of  Eliza  Agnew,  of  William  Duncan,  of  Boardman,  of 
Mackay,  of  Hudson  Taylor,  of  Geraldine  Guinness, 
of  Isabella  Nassau,  of  Egerton  R.  Young,  and  a 
"great  host  of  others  also,  who  through  faith  "  left 
home  and  friends,  and  endured  hardships,  obtained 
promises,  and  won  heatlien  souls  to  the  service  of 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Seeing  we  are  surrounded  by  so  great  a  multitude 
of  missionary  heroes  and  heroines,  let  us  study  their 
lives  with  a  keen  and  loving  interest  and  enthusiasm. 


REFERENCES. 


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a.  Story  of  John  G.  Patott,  Told  for  Voung  Folks.    "  Life  of  John 
G.  Paton,"  No.  i,  No.  2.     (Leaflets.) 

b.  Robert  Morrison,  Pioneer  of  Chinese  Missions. 

c.  Twenty    Years   Among  the   Mexicans,    "  Melinda  tRankin." 
CLeaflet,  M.E.) 

d.  IVilliatn  Carey,  the   Shoemaker   Who  became  a  Missionary  ^ 


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"Wm.  Carey"  (Pres.);  "William  Carey"  (Meth.  leaflet);  "William 
•Carey :  A  Sketch  "  (Bapt.) ;  "  William  Carey,  an  Inspiration  "  (Bapt.) ; 
Pioneers  and  Founders. 

e.  The  Life  0/ A doniram  Judson,  by  Rev.  Edward  Judson,  D.D. 
■"Adoniram  Judson"  (Pres.). 

y.  Sa7miel  Crowther,  tJie  Slave  Boy  who  beceinie  Bishop  of  the 
Niger. 

g.  David  Brainerd,  by  Jesse  Page. 

h.  The  Cruise  of  the  Mystery,  A  Story  of  the  McAU  Mission. 
•"Rev.  R.W.McAll,  D.D. ,  His  Life  and  Work  "  Price  3  cents.  Am. 
McAll  Association,  1710  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

/.   Life  and  Letters  of  foseph  Hardy  Neesima,  by  A.  S.  Hardy. 

j.  Faith  Working  by  Love,  as  Exemplified  in  the  Life  of  Fidelia 
Fiske;"  Woman  and  Her  Saviour  in  Persia  "  (Pres.);  "  Fidelia  Fiske  " 
tMeth.  leaflet). 

/i.  "Allen  Gardiner."     (M.  E.  leaflet.) 

/.   My  Life  and  Times,  by  Cyrus  Hamlin. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 


39 


AN    EVENING   WITH   CAREY. 

A  GOOD  way  to  bring  a  great  missionary  hero  into 
prominence  is  to  devote  an  entire  programme  to  the 
study  of  his  life  and  work,  just  as  Shakespeare  even- 
ings, Longfellow  evenings,  Tennyson  evenings,  etc., 
are  held  with  profit  in  literary  clubs. 


PROGRAMME. 

Scripture  Lesson.  Prayer. 

Vocal  Solo,  —  Miss  S . 

1.  Sketch  — 

"  The  Apostle  of  Modern  Missions  "    .     Mr.  T- 

2.  Hymn  —  "O  Thou,  My  Soul,  forget  no  More. 

3.  Reading  —  "  A  Purpose  " MissT- 

4.  Extracts  from  Carey's  '•  Enquiry."  . 

Conducted  by  Miss  C- 

5.  Sermon Rev.  - 

Text,  —  Isa.  54  :  2,  3. 
Divisions  I  "  Attempt  great  things  for  God." 
'  "  Expect  great  things  from  God." 


1.  See  Sketches  of  Missionary  Heroes,  p.  34.  Very  fine  pictures 
for  decorating  the  "Sketch"  will  be  found  in  Missionary  Review, 
October  and  November,  1894. 

2.  This  hymn  was  written  by  Krishnov  Pal  (see  tract,  price  2 
cents,  Am.  Bapt.  Miss.  Union,  Boston),  Carey's  first  convert  in  India, 
who  was  baptized  Christmas  Day,  1800.  Both  words  and  music  will 
be  found  in  many  of  the  church  hymnals. 

3.  See  Baker's  Premium  Speaker. 


40  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

5.  Carey's  great  sermon  on  this  text,  with  these  two  divisions,  was 
preached  May  31,  1792,  at  Nottingham,  England.  One  of  the  direct 
results  was  the  organization  at  Kettering,  Oct.  2,  1792,  of  the  first 
foreign  missionary  board. 


TOURIST    LETTERS. 

Appoint  twelve  young  people  —  if  possible  an 
equal  number  of  gentlemen  and  ladies  —  to  form  a 
band  of  missionary  tourists,  imaginary  of  course. 
Let  them  make  a  tour  of  the  world,  visiting  mission- 
ary countries,  and  once  a  month  send  a  letter  to  the 
society  from  the  field  for  the  month. 

Enclose  the  letter  in  a  large  envelope,  properly 
addressed  to  the  society,  and  seal  it.  Place  can- 
celled stamps  from  the  country  from  which  the  letter 
is  supposed  to  come,  on  the  envelope,  in  the  usual 
place.  These  stamps  can  be  obtained  by  writing  to 
the  various  mission-boards  ;  or  they  can  be  purchased 
at  a  small  cost  from  any  stamp  collector  or  dealer. 

Write  the  letters  so  that  they  will  seem  as  real  as 
possible.     Many  facts  about  manners  and  customs  of 


Via  Brindisi,  thro'  Italy. 


7'HE  MJSSIONARY  COXVKRSAZIONE, 

First  Presbyterian    Church, 

From  SPRINGFIELD,   OHIO, 

N.  C.  KiNc;,  India.  U.S.A. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  4I 

the  people,  and  also  about  mission-stations  and  mis- 
sionary workers,  can  be  most  vividly  impressed   in 

this  way. 

*  *  * 

WATCHMEN   AND    HERALDS. 

Nothing  is  more  important  than  keeping  up  with 
the  times  in  regard  to  missionary  news.  The  daily 
papers  and  the  religious  press,  as  well  as  the  mis- 
sionary magazines,  are  full  of  news  about  what  is 
going  on  in  the  different  mission-fields. 

Budgets  of  news-items  ought  to  find  a  place  very 
frequently  on  missionary  programmes.  The  one 
who  prepares  such  a  budget  may  be  called  "The 
Watchman"  or  "The  Herald."  The  budgets  may 
be  called  "From  Our  Watch  Tower,''  "Since  Our 
Last  Meeting, "'  "  What  is  Going  on  in  the  Mission- 
ary World,"  or  "  The  Bulletin." 

Another  way  of  bringing  news  before  the  society 
is  to  appoint  a  "  Watchman  "  or  "  Herald"  for  each 
country,  and  let  them  watch  their  own  special  fields, 
reporting  any  important  events  that  may  happen  in 
connection  with  them. 


CONTESTS  AND   DEBATES. 

A  GOOD  way  to  call  attention  to  some  special  sub- 
ject in  connection  with  missions  is  to  hold  a  contest 
or  debate.  Not  only  are  those  who  prepare  the  papers 
specially  careful  to  make  them  of  unusual  interest, 
but  those  who  listen  give  unusual  attention  to  the 
reading:  of  them. 


42  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

1 .  Contests. —  Appoint  four  persons  who  are  good 
speakers,  and  who  are  interested  in  missions,  each 
to  prepare  a  paper  or  address  on  the  same  subject. 
Appoint  judges  to  decide  which  contestant  has  made 
the  strongest  appeal.  To  avoid  hurting  any  one's 
feeHngs,  ask  the  judges  to  mention  only  the  best  one, 
leaving  the  other  three  ungraded. 

Subjects  for  Contests:  "Our  Land  for  Christ  — 
A  Plea  for  Home  Missions  ;  "  "  Our  Duty  —  Carrying 
the  Gospel  Everywhere;"  "An  Appeal  for  Money 
for  Missions;"  "What  can  Stay-at-homes  do  for 
Missions  ? " 

2.  Debates.  —  Appoint  two  or  four  debaters,  as- 
sign the  topic,  and  select  judges  to  decide  which  side 
has  made  the  best  argument.  Great  care  must  be 
taken  in  selecting  subjects,  as  much  harm  might 
result  in  debating  subjects  that  do  not  admit  of  de- 
bate among  Christians. 

Subjects  for  Debate  :  — 

Resolved,  "  That  Tithing  is  the  Best  Method  of 
Giving." 

Resolved^  "  That  all  Missionaries  should  wear 
Native  Dress." 

Resolved,  "  That  it  is  Right  for  all  Missionaries  to 
go  to  the  Field  without  Pledged  Salaries,  as  in  the 
China  Inland  Mission." 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  43 

OBJECTION    BOX. 

Ask  each  member  to  bring  to  the  meeting  all  the 
objections  he  can  find  to  foreign  missions. 

Or,  without  previous  notice,  at  some  meeting  pass 
paper  and  pencils,  and  ask  every  one  to  write  some 
objection  they  have  heard. 

Answering  these  will  perhaps  win  some  convert  to 
missions.  It  will  also  be  useful  in  giving  weapons 
to  members  to  use  in  defending  the  cause. 

Perhaps  it  would  be  best  to  invite  the  pastor  or 
some  bright,  quick,  able  speaker  to  answer  the  ques- 
tions, as  infinite  harm  would  result  from  a  failure  to 
answer  them  correctly. 

The  following  objections  were  handed  in  at  a  mis- 
sionary meeting  of  young  people.  They  were  wisely 
and  ably  answered  by  the  secretary  of  the  Y.M.C.A., 
who  had  been  specially  invited  for  that  purpose :  — 

1.  Why  not  convert  the  heathen  at  home  first? 

2.  Missionaries  go  to  foreign  countries  and  live  at 
ease,  and  many  of  them  in  luxury,  while  the  churches 
are  greatly  taxed  to  furnish  their  support. 

3.  If  the  heathen  reject  the  knowledge  of  the  gos- 
pel, it  makes  their  condemnation  greater. 

4.  If  the  heathen  will  be  saved  in  his  ignorance, 
why  teach  him  about  salvation? 

5.  Why  not  allow  civilization  to  precede  missions, 
in  order  to  lessen  the  great  expense  of  clearing  the 
way  to  found  a  station? 

6.  The  sacrifices  of  life  to  climate,  sickness,  mur- 
der, and  other  causes. 


44  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

7-    It  costs  SO  much  to  send  a  dollar  to  the  heathen. 

8.  So  much  to  do  at  home. 

9.  Sacrifices  of  home,  children,  and  friends. 

10.  We  need  the  money  at  home. 

11.  Too  much  red  tape — money  goes  through  too 
many  hands. 

12.  Heathen  not  worth  saving. 

13.  Why  not  bring  natives  here,  and  send  them 
back  to  their  people? 

14.  Heathen  will  be  saved,  anyway. 

15.  Missions  a    failure,  anyway  —  no    converts  — 
no  results. 

16.  Converts  not  sincere  —  not  real,  true  converts 
to  Christianity. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  45 


SHARP-SHOOTING. 

Select  twelve  items,  some  short,  just  one  line, 
all  bright.  To  make  this  exercise  effective,  it  should 
be  literally  what  its  name  suggests,  —  sharp-shooting. 
Little  things  help.  It  creates  a  pleasant  interest  to 
call  the  items  "  shot,"  and  each  one  who  reads  one 
of  them  a  "  sharp-shooter.'^  Distribute  the  shot 
several  days  before  the  meeting ;  and,  as  at  least  one 
is  almost  sure  to  be  absent,  keep  a  duplicate  of  each 
shot,  and  also  the  name  of  the  one  who  is  to  read  it. 
Carry  the  duplicates,  and  also  the  list  of  names,  to  the 
meeting,  and  if  any  one  is  missing,  hand  the  shot  to 
some  one  else  to  read.  When  you  are  ready  to 
begin  the  exercises,  call  for  the  items  by  number.  If 
possible  try  to  drive  each  shot  home  by  a  short, 
pointed  comment. 


I.    Is  there  one  in  this  meeting  who  cannot  answer 
Here  !  "  to  the  Master's  roll-call  of  his  workers .'' 


2. 

"  If  we  cannot  give  our  thousands, 
We  can  give  the  widow's  mite." 

An  old  couplet  that  has  given  comfort  to  thousands 
of  stingy  souls.  But  please  remember  that  giving 
the  v;idow's  mite  is  giving  all.  Hadn't  you  better 
stop  and  think  a  while  before  you  decide  that  that 
shall   be  your  portion  ? 


46  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

3.  On  one  occasion  Fidelia  Fisk,  the  beloved  and 
faithful  missionary  to  Persia,  had  the  joy  of  sitting 
down  to  the  communion-table  with  ninety-two  per- 
sons whom  she  had  been  the  means  of  bringing  to 
Christ.      Where    is    there    such    an   opportunity  for 

service  at  home? 

*  * 

4.  Perhaps  some  one  says,  "  I  have  no  taste  for 
missions.  1  don"t  like  them."  Well,  some  people 
have  no  natural  taste  for  tomatoes,  oysters,  olives, 
celerv,  but  seeing  others  enjoying  them  so  much, 
learn  to  like  them,  succeed  in  cultivating  the  taste, 
and  end  by  thoroughly  enjoying  them. 

No  one  has  a  natural  taste  for  unselfishness  in 
themselves,  though  ihey  admire  it  in  others.  But 
unselfishness  is  desirable,  and  can  be  cultivated. 
Any  one  who  has  been  "  born  again"  can  cultivate 
a  taste  for  missions,  and  must  if  he  would  be  loyal 

to  the  Master. 

*  * 

5.  Neither  will  I  offer  burnt-offerings  unto  the 
Lord  my  God  of  that  which  doth  cost  me  nothing. 

*  * 

6.  A  small  boy,  who  was  a  member  of  a  mission- 
band,  confessed  with  shame  that  a  quarter  for  pea- 
nuts looked  as  big  as  a  pin-head,  and  a  quarter  for 
missions  as  big  as  a  cart-wheel !  That  small  boy 
has  a  great  many  grown-up  relations. 

*  * 

7.  The  China  Inland  Mission-workers  have  had 
some  remarkable  answers  to  prayer.    During  the  year 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  47 

1887  they  made  special  prayer  for  three  special 
things.  I.  For  100  new  missionaries  during  the 
year.  2.  For  $50,000  to  send  them  out.  3.  Know- 
ing that  if  the  money  came  in  small  5ums  it  would 
require  added  force,  they  asked  the  Lord  to  send  it 
in  large  sums.  New  Year's  Day,  1888,  found  the 
100  missionaries  on  the  field  ;  and  it  stands  as  a 
remarkable  fact  that  the  $50,000  was  paid  in  eleven 

payments. 

*  * 

8.  A  little  girl  was  heard  to  say  at  the  close  of 
her  evening  prayer,  "  And  I  saw  a  poor  little  girl  on 
the  street  to-day,  cold  and  hungry,  but  it  is  none  of 
our  business,  is  it,  God  ?  ■" 

None  of  us  would  be  willing  to  pray  or  say  that, 
but  most  of  us  are  perfectly  willing  to  act  it. 

*  * 

9.  "  Will  you  go  .'*  "  "  Where?  "  "  Anywhere, 
SOMEWHERE,  at  home  or  abroad,  to  carry  on  some 
work  for  the  Lord  Jesus." 


10.  The  earliest  converts  to  Christianity  in  Africa 
were  very  earnest  and  regular  in  their  private  devo- 
tions. They  had  no  prayer  closets,  but  each  had  a 
separate  spot  in  the  thicket,  to  which  he  used  to  go. 
The  paths  to  these  little  Bethels  became  distinctly 
marked  ;  and  when  any  one  began  to  decline  in  the 
ways  of  God,  it  was  soon  manifest  to  his  fellows, 
and  they  would  remind  him  of  his  duty,  saying, 
"  Broder,  de  grass  grow  on  your  path  yonder." 


48  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

II.    The   church    has     been    divided     into   three 
classes,  —  Mission,  Omission,  and  Anti-Mission. 


12.  Ten  cents  in  India  is  as  much  as  one  dollar 
here.  Seventy  cents  for  a  day's  work  would  mean 
seven  dollars  here.     They  are  very  poor. 

At  one  time  when  a  company  of  natives  had  been 
holding  a  prayer-meeting,  they  said,  "We  have  been 
praying,  now  we  must  give." 

The  missionary  replied,  "  You  have  come  a  long 
way,  and  need  what  you  have." 

They  answered,  "  We  cannot  pray  and  not  give." 

Our  pastors  at  home  are  not  much  troubled  with 

such  requests. 

*  * 

Every  missionary  worker  should  have  a  book  for 
pasting  or  jotting  down  items  to  be  used  in  mission- 
ary work. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  49 

QUOTATIONS. 

Missionary  quotations  are  quite  as  interesting 
and  as  useful  as  quotations  from  other  sources,  and 
some  of  tliem  are  quite  as  famous.  They  can  be 
made  use  of  in  a  number  of  different  ways. 

1.  Copy  them  on  slips  of  paper,  and  use  them  as 
the  items  are  used  in  a  "  Sharp-Shooting"  exercise 
(see  page  45),  calling  it  "  Missionary  Quotations  " 
on  the  programme. 

2.  Ask  the  members  to  come  prepared  to  give  a 
missionary  quotation  in  answer  to  the  name  at  roll- 
call. 

3.  Write  them  on  name-cards,  and  use  them  at 
missionary  teas  or  missionary  socials.  Make  the 
cards  dainty  and  pretty  enough  to  be  carried  away  as 
souvenirs. 

4.  Read  the  quotations  at  a  meeting  as  a  test- 
exercise,  not  giving  the  authors,  but  calling  on  those 
present  to  give  them. 

1.  "Let  us  advance  upon  our  knees.''  —  Joseph 
Hardy  Neesima. 

2.  "  We  are  playing  at  missions."  — Alexander 
Duff. 

3.  "The  word  'discouragement'  is  not  found  in 
the  dictionary  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven.  Never  let 
yourself  use  the  word  if  you  have  God's  work  to  do." 
—  Melinda  Rankin. 

4.  "  That  land  is  henceforth  my  country  which 
most  needs  the  gospel."  —  Count  Zinzexdorf. 

5.  "I  cannot,  I  dare  not,  go  up  to  judgment  till  I 


5©  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

have  done  the  utmost  God  enables  me  to  do  to  diffuse 
his  glory  through  the  world."  —  Dr.  Asahel  Grant, 
Persia. 

6.  "I,  too,  am  a  missionary." —  Admiral  Foote, 
to  the  King  of  Siam. 

7.  "The  lesson  of  the  missionary  is  the  enchant- 
er's wand."  —  Charles  Darwin. 

8.  "  I  will  go  down,  but  remember  that  you  must 
hold  the  ropes."  —  William  Carey. 

9.  "  How  will  even  heaven  be  heaven  where  there 
are  no  Nestorians  to  be  led  to  Christ  .''"  —  Dr.  Per- 
kins, Persia. 

10.  "  Prayer  and  pains  through  faith  in  Jesus 
Christ  will  do  anything."  —  John  Eliot,  the  Apostle 
of  the  red  men. 

11.  "  It  is  my  deep  conviction,  and  I  say  it  again 
and  again,  that  if  the  church  of  Christ  were  what  she 
ought  to  be,  twenty  years  would  not  pass  away  till 
the  story  of  the  cross  would  be  uttered  in  the  ears  of 
every  living  man."  —  Simeon  H.  Calhoun. 

12.  "If  I  thought  anything  could  prevent  my 
dying  for  China,  the  thought  would  crush  me."  — 
Rev.  Samuel  Dyer. 

13.  "Oh,  let  me  pray  once  more  for  Feejee."  — 
John  Hunt. 

14.  "  My  Jesus,  my  King,  my  Life,  my  All,  I 
again  dedicate  myself  to  thee."  —  David  Living- 
stone. 

15.  "  If  this  is  the  last  chapter  of  earthly  history, 
then  the  next  will  be  the  first  page  of  the  heavenly." 
—  Bishop  Hannington. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  5 1 

16.  "  While  vast  continents  are  shrouded  in  al- 
most utter  darkness,  and  hundreds  of  millions  suffer 
the  horrors  of  heathenism  or  of  Islam,  the  burden  of 
proof  lies  upon  you  to  show  that  the  circumstances 
in  which  God  has  placed  you  were  meant  by  him  to 
keep  you  out  of  the  foreign  mission-field.''  —  Ion 
Keith-Falconer. 

17.  "  Facts  are  the  fingers  of  God.  To  know  the 
facts  of  modern  missions  is  the  necessary  condition 
of  intelligent  interest."  —  A.  T.  Pierson. 

18.  "  Expect  great  things  from  God,  attempt  great 
things  for  God."  —  William  Carey. 

19.  "  If  I  had  a  thousand  lives  to  live,  Africa 
should  have  them  all.'"  —  Bishop  Mackenzie. 

20.  "  O  rock,  rock,  when  wilt  thou  open  to  my 
Saviour? '' —  Francis  Xavier. 

21.  "  The  slave-trade  is  the  heart-disease  of  Afri- 
ca."— Prof.  Drummond. 

22.  "  Give  until  you  feel  it,  and  then  give  until  you 
don't  feel  it."  —  Mary  Lyon. 

23.  "  Missionaries  to  a  barbarous  people  deserve 
a  vote  of  thanks  from  the  commercial  world."  — 
Robert  Moffat. 

24.  "A  true  missionary  never  knows  defeat."  — 
Rev.  a.  a.  Fulton. 

25.  "A  man  is  good  for  nothing  but  to  be  used 
up."  —  Dr.  Arthur  Mitchell. 

26.  "The  prospect  is  as  bright  as  the  promises 
of  God."  —  Adoniram  Juuson. 

27.  "  God  buries  his  workmen,  but  he  carries  on 
his  work."  —  John  Wesley. 


52  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

28.  "  The  great  Sultan  of  the  universe  can  change 
all  this."  —  Dr.  Goodell. 

29.  "  Let  us  write  on  the  very  doorposts  of  our 
churches  and  homes,  and  on  our  gates,  this  grand 
motto,  '  The  Whole  World  to  be  evangelized  in  the 
Present  Generation.'  It  can  be  done,  it  ought  to 
be  done,  it  must  be  done."  —  A.  T.  Pierson. 

30.  "  Woe  is  me  if  I  preach  not  the  gospel."  — 
The  Apostle  Paul. 

31.  "  The  medical  missionary  is  a  missionary  and 
a  half."  —  Robert  Moffat. 

32.  "  It  is  a  great  step  towards  the  christianiza- 
tion  of  our  planet  if  Christianity  gain  entrance  into 
China."  —  Neander,  in  1850. 

33.  "My  parish  is  the  whole  world." — Count 
Zinzendorf. 

34.  "  If  you  want  to  serve  your  race,  go  where  no 
one  else  will  go,  and  do  what  no  one  else  will  do." 
—  Mary  Lyon. 

35.  "If  they  are  ever  converted,  this  must  be  the 
Lord's  work  :   I  feel  this  more  and  more."  —  Fidelia 

FiSKE. 

36.  "You  have  been  speaking  about  Dr.  Carey, 
Dr.  Carey.  When  I  am  gone,  say  nothing  about 
Dr.  Carey  —  speak  about  Dr.  Carey's  Saviour."  — 
William  Carey. 

*'  Some  can  go  ;  most  can  give  ;  all  can  pray." 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  53 


FACTS   FOR   THINKING   CHRISTIANS. 

It  is  sometimes  advisable  to  have  all  present  take 
some  part.  When  this  is  desired,  select  a  number  of 
facts,  not  more  than  one  line  each,  but  fresh,  bright, 
and  pointed.  Write  each  on  a  slip  of  paper,  and  dis- 
tribute them.  Call  for  them  by  number  in  quick 
succession  ;  it  will  brighten  the  meeting  and  fasten 
many  facts  in  the  mind. 

Call  the  exercises  "Fifteen  Facts,"  "Twenty 
Truths,"  "  Thirty  Thoughts,"  or  "Forty  Facts  for 
Thinking  Christians,"  according  to  the  number 
used. 

1.  There  are  one  thousand  million  heathen  in  the 
world. 

2.  There  are  10,000  missionaries. 

3.  Each  missionary  is  responsible  for  100,000 
souls. 

4.  In  the  United  States  there  is  one  minister  to 
every  700  people. 

5.  In  China  there  is  one  ordained  minister  to 
every  million. 

6.  In  the  United  States  there  are  sixty  million 
people  and  80,000  ministers,  besides  other  Christian 
workers. 

7.  In  India  there  are  250  million  people  and  only 
700  ordained  ministers. 

8.  Take  out  all  the  Christian  workers  from  the 
United  States,  and  scatter  343  ministers  over  it,  and 
you  have  China  in  miniature. 


54  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

9.  Out  of  every  100,000  church-members  in  Amer- 
ica, only  twenty-one  go  to  the  foreign  field. 

10.  Only  one  and  three-tenths  per  cent  of  the 
ministers  go  to  the  foreign  field. 

1 1 .  There  is  one  doctor  to  every  585  people  in 
the  United  States. 

12.  There  is  one  medical  missionary  to  every  ten 
million  heathen ;  that  would  be  the  same  as  one  doc- 
tor to  six  cities  like  New  York. 

13.  The  skill  of  medical  missionaries  will  often 
open  doors  closed  to  the  gospel. 

14.  Forty  million  heathen  die  every  year. 

15.  They  are  dying  at  the  rate  of  100,000  a  day. 

16.  Every  tick  of  the  watch  sounds  the  death- 
knell  of  a  heathen  soul. 

17.  Every  breath  we  draw,  four  souls  perish  never 
having  heard  of  Christ. 

18.  Christ  said,  "  Go  ye  into  all  the  world." 
"  Go  "  does  not  mean  "  stay  ;  "  "  all  "  does  not  mean 
a  "  part." 

19.  Christians  are  giving  at  the  rate  of  one-tenth 
of  a  cent  a  day. 

20.  Of  every  dollar  given  for  Christian  work,  we 
spend  ninety-eight  cents  on  our  home  w^ork,  and  two 
cents  for  the  heathen. 

21.  We  spend  annually  $1,200,000,000  for  liquor 
and  $600,000,000  for  tobacco. 

22.  We  give  one  cent  a  year  for  each  heathen 
soul. 

23.  The  Moravians  send  one  missionary  out  of 
every  seventy  members,  and  send  five  missionaries 
to  every  minister  at  home. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  55 

24.  The  Moravians  give  to  Foreign  Missions  an 
average  of  $1.25  a  month,  or  $15  a  year;  other  de- 
nominations average  five  cents  a  month,  or  sixty- 
cents  a  year. 

25.  There  is  much  to  be  done  in  America.  One 
year's  immigration  represents  ninety-seven  nationaU- 
ties. 

26.  In  every  American  city  of  over  100,000  inhab- 
itants there  are  to  be  found  at  least  thirty  nationali- 
ties. 

27.  Allowing  each  letter  (not  chapter,  or  verse, 
or  word,  but  each  letter)  of  the  Bible  to  represent  a 
Chinaman,  it  would  take  one  hundred  and  ten  Bibles 
to  represent  them  all. 

28.  In  ten  years  more  than  30,000  people  became 
Christians  in  the  Samoan  Islands. 

29.  In  Stanley's  journey  of  7,000  miles  across  Af- 
rica he  did  not  see  one  man  who  had  heard  the  gos- 
pel message. 

30.  Less  than  fifty  years  ago  China  had  only  six 
converts.     Now  there  are  nearly  60,000. 

31.  Eleven  of  the  seventeen  provinces  have  no 
missionary  stations. 

32.  There  are  many  native  Christian  men  in  China 
willing  to  go  about  preaching  Christ  Jesus  for  $5  a 
month,  a  bare  support. 

33.  From  the  one  town  of  Pooree,  India,  there  are 
sent  out  every  year  7,000  Hindoo  missionaries  to  pro- 
claim the  worship  of  one  of  the  many  Hindoo  gods. 

34.  In  China  only  one  man  in  ten  and  only  one 
woman  in  10,000  can  read  their  own  language. 


56  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

35.  After  thirty  years'  work  there  are  150,000  con- 
verts in  Japan. 

36.  A  good  motto  for  Christians,  "Your  money 
or  your  life!"  A  better  one,  "Your  money  and 
your  life ! " 

37.  South  America  has  been  called  the  neglected 
continent  because  the  missionary  force  is  so  very 
small. 

38.  At  home  during  1893,  the  Presbyterian 
churches  received  an  average  of  eight  persons  to 
their  membership.  The  average  in  the  Synod  of 
China  was  twelve ;  India,  fourteen ;  Corisco  coast, 
Africa,  twenty-three. 

39.  Royal  G.  Wilder,  during  thirty  years  in  India, 
preached  in  more  than  3,000  towns  and  villages; 
scattered  3,000,000  pages  of  tracts,  taught  3,300 
scholars. 

40.  Over  1800  years  have  passed  since  our  Mas- 
ter's command,  "  Go  ye"  was  written,  and  millions 
have  not  heard  the  good  news  yet. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  57 

SCRIPTURE   PROBLEMS. 

It  is  sometimes  desirable  to  impress  some  special 
number  in  connection  with  a  missionary  programme. 
Making  a  problem  from  Bible  numbers,  having  for 
its  answer  the  special  number,  will  by  its  novelty 
secure  interest  in  that  number,  and  secure  perfect 
attention. 

It  should  be  given  as  a  blackboard  exercise.  Sup- 
pose, for  example,  the  leader  announces  that  he  has 
a  little  problem,  the  answer  to  which  is  the  number 
out  of  every  100,000  who  go  as  foreign  missionaries 
every  year,  and  that  he  would  like  as  many  as  possi- 
ble to  work  it  immediately,  while  he  reads  it  out 
slowly  to  them. 

Probably  no  one  can  do  it,  but  it  will  attract  atten- 
tion, and  rouse  interest  to  make  such  a  request.  He 
may  then  proceed  to  work  it  out,  step  by  step,  on  the 
blackboard,  first  passing  out  slips  with  references, 
just  as  for  a  Bible-reading.  Do  not  allow  those 
holding  the  references  to  give  the  answer,  except  in 
case  of  a  dispute  over  some  number. 

A  sample  problem  is  given  here.  Any  leader 
desiring  to  make  emphatic  some  other  number,  will 
find  it  very  easy  to  vary  the  operations  so  as  to  ob- 
tain the  desired  result. 


58  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 


PROBLEM. 

Add  to  the  number  of  Psalms  (150)  the  number  of  men  in 

Gideon's  band.  {Judges  7:7.)   150  +  300  =  450 
Divide  by   the  number  of  stones  David  selected  to   kill 

Goliath,     (i  Sam.  17:40.)  45° -r  5  =  9° 

Add   the   number   of  measures  of  barley  that  Boaz   gave 

Ruth,      {Ruth  3:15.)  90  +  6  ^  96 

Subtract  the  number  of  days  and  nights  it  rained  during 

the  Flood.     {Gen.  7:  12.)  96  —  40=56 

Divide  by  the  number  of  times  Elisha  directed  Naaman  to 

wash  ill  the  Jordan.      (2  Kings  5:  10.) 

56-7  =  8 
Add  the  number  of  days  Lazarus  had  been  dead  when  he 

was  raised  by  Jesus.     {John  11 :  39.) 

8  +  4  =  12 
Add  the  number  of  times  the  children  of  Israel  compassed 

Jericho.      O^//.  6:3,  4.)  12+13  =  25 

Subtract  the   number  of   books  in    the   Bible  written   by 

John.      (5.)  25-5  =  20 

Multiply  by  the  number  of  anchors  cast  out  at  the  time  of 

Paul's  shipwreck.     {Acts  27:  29.)     20  X  4  =  80 
Divide  by  the  number    of  kinds  of   unclean  beasts    that 

went  into  the  ark.     (  Gen.  7:2.)       80  +  2  =  40 
Multiply  by  the  number  of  men  who  went  to  seek  Elijah 

after  he  was  taken  to  heaven.      (2  Kings  2:  17.) 
40  X  50  =  2,000 
Add  the  number  of  souls  brought  into  the  church  on  the 

Day  of  Pentecost.     {Acts  2:  41.) 

2,000  +  3,000  =  5,000 
Divide    by  the   number    of    lords  invited   to  Belshazzar'y 

feast.     {Dan.  5:1.)  5>ooo  +  1,000  =  5 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  59 

Add  the  number  of   verses  in   the  shortest   Psalm.      (^Ps, 

II7-)  5  +  2=7 

Multiply  by  the  number   of  Job's   daughters  before   his 

trial.     (/(3(^  1 :  2;  42:  13.)  7X3  =  21 

Ans7uer,  21. 
Only  twenty-one  out  of  every  100,000  professing 
Christians   are  foreign  missionaries,  leaving   99,979 
at  home  to  preach  the  gospel. 

*  *  * 

PICTURE   MEETING. 

Let  each  number  on  the  programme  have  for  its 
text  or  subject  a  picture  of  something  connected  with 
the  mission-woriv  in  the  field  for  that  month.  Make 
appeals  through  the  "  eye  gate  "  as  well  as  the  "  ear 
gate."  It  is  said  that  Dr.  Alexander  Dufi's  first  pur- 
pose to  give  his  life  to  mission-work  came  as  a  result 
of  his  father's  taking  the  lad  on  his  knee  and  showing 
him  pictures  of  idols  on  Sunday  afternoon. 
Example.  —  Picture  Meeting  on  India. 

Picture  of  William  Carey.     Talk  :  India  as  Carey 

found  it  compared  with  India  of  To-day. 
Picture  of  a  Hindoo  Idol.     Talk  :  India's  Gods 

and  Their  Worship. 
Picture  of  a  Leper  Camp.     Talk  :    Among   the 

Lepers  of  India. 
Picture  of  Hindoo  W^omen.     Talk  :  Zenanas  and 
Zenana  Workers. 

An  appropriate  reading  would  be  "  A  Picture  that 
made  a  Missionary,"''  p.  379  in  "  Mission  Stories 
of  Many  Lands." 


6o  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 


CURIO    MEETING. 

Let  each  number  on  the  programme  have  for  its 
text  or  subject  some  curiosity  from  the  foreign  field. 
Example.  —  Curio  Meeting  on  China. 

A    Chinese    woman's    tiny    shoe.     Talk :    Foot- 
binding. 
A  pair  of  chopsticks.     Talk :  Chinese  Manners 

and  Customs. 
Chinese  book.     Talk:    Chinese    Language   and 
Literature. 
A    most   interesting   article    to   use   at   a  "  Curio 
Meeting"   would   be    "Rejected    Idols,"   p.    243  in 
"  Mission  Stories  of  Many  Lands."     It  is  an  account, 
with  pictures,  of  the  gathering  of  a  collection  of  re- 
jected idols  in  Japan,  to  be  sent  to  Yale  College. 

♦  *  * 

MISSIONARIES   I    HAVE    SEEN. 

The  great  meetings  and  conventions  of  the  present 
day  have  given  many  opportunities  to  both  hear  and 
see  missionaries  from  the  field.  Ask  everybody  to 
come  prepared  to  tell  about  some  missionary  they 
have  seen,  and  if  possible  give  some  word  from  that 
missionary  that  was  inspiring  and  helpful. 

*  *  * 

MISSIONARY   CAMP-FIRE. 

Ask  a  number  of  persons  to  read  or  tell  a  bright, 
short,  interesting  missionary  story.  Limit  the  time 
for  each  story,  tapping  the  bell  when  time  is  up. 
Stories  are  sometimes  dangerously  long. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  6l 

REFERENCES.  —  "  Runaway  Bob,"  a  Story  of  Robert  Morrison,  the 
Pioneer  Missionary  to  China.  See  Church  at  Home  and  Abroad, 
p.  i6y,  February,  1892. 

"Cyrus  Hamlin  —  How  He  came  out  of  a  Missionary  Box." 
Church  at  Home  and  Abroad,  p.  462,  November,  1891.  Address 
1334  Chestnut  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

"The  Story  of  the  Chrj'santhemums  —  A  Story  of  Neesima." 
Youth^s  Coinpanion,  Jan.  i,  189 1,  Boston. 

"  Stories  of  another  Samuel  whose  Mother  was  Hannah."  (Bishop 
Crowther.)     Herald  a7id  Presbyter,  Aug.  28,  18S9,  Cincinnati,  O. 

See  also  Mission  Stories  0/  Many  Lands  and  Missionary  Biogra^ 
phies. 

♦  *  * 

WORTH   REPEATING- 
AsK  a  number  of  persons  to  bring  to  the  meeting 
something  about   missions  that  they  have  heard  or 
read,  and  that  they  consider  of  sufficient  interest  to 
be  worth  repeating  to  the  society. 


MISSIONARY   POEMS. 

In  almost  every  society  there  is  some  one  who  can 
write  poetry.  Utilize  this  gift  for  the  benefit  of  the 
missionary  programme.  Ask  the  poet  to  write  a 
poem  describing  some  great  and  thrilling  event  in 
missionary  history.  Subjects  for  poems  will  be 
found  in  studying  the  History  of  John  G.  Paton's 
work  ;  ^  of  the  "  Lone  Star  Mission  among  the  Tele- 
gus  of  India;  "^  William  Duncan's  work  at  Metlak- 

1  Story  of  John  G.  Paton  ;  Thirty  Years  Among-  South  Sea  Can- 
nibals. Price  $1.50.  Pub.  Dept.  U.  S.  C.  E.,  Tremont  Temple, 
Boston. 

"^  Mission  to  the  Telegus.  Price  5  cents.  A  Pentecostal  Day  in 
Ongole.  Price  2  cents.  Frojn  Darkness  to  Light.  Price,  J1.25. 
Am.  Baptist  Missionary  Union,  Tremont  Temple,  Boston, 


62  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

ahtla  ;  ^  Egerton  R.  Young's  work  among  the  Indians 
of  British  Columbia ;  ^  Fred  S.  Arnot's  pioneer  work 
in  Central  Africa.^ 

*  *  * 

SURPRISE   MEETING. 

Hand  an  envelope  with  sealed  directions  to  six 
of  the  brightest  and  most  talented  members  of  the 
society. 

Copy  of  Sealed  Instructions. 


SURPRISE   MEETINGS. 
Please  do  one  of  the  following  things  at  our 
next  meeting,  keeping  secret  what  you  decide  to 
do.     Whatever  you  do  must  be  strictly  mission- 
ary, and  appropriate  for  our  meeting. 

1.  Sing  a  solo,  arrange  for  a  duet,  trio,  or  quar- 
tette, or  arrange  responsive  music  for  the  society. 

2.  Prepare  and  conduct  a  Bible-reading. 

3.  Give  a  recitation  or  reading. 

4.  Write  a  poem. 

5.  Make  a  short  address. 

6.  Write  a  paper. 

7.  Tell  a  story. 


1  Metlakahtla,  a  Marvel  among  Missiofts,  I.  and  11.  Missionary 
Review,  November  and  December,  1893.  Funk  and  Wagnalls,  New 
York  City. 

2  By  Canoe  and  Dog  Train.  Price  $1-25.  Stories  from  Indian 
Wigwams  and  Northern  Camp-Fires.  Price  $1.25.  Pub.  Dept. 
U.  S.  C.  E.,  Tremont  Temple,  Boston. 

2  Garenganze  ;  or.  Seven  Years'  Pioneer  Mission  Work  in  Cen- 
tral Africa.  Price  $1.25.  Pub.  Dept.  U.  S.  C.  E.,  Tremont 
Temple,  Boston. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  63 

DO   YOU   BELIEVE   IN   MISSIONS? 

Pass  slips  of  paper,  and  ask  everybody  to  answer 
the  question  by  either  "yes  '^  or  "  no,"  and  then  to 
write  out  the  reason  for  either  answer. 

Collect  the  papers,  without  the  names,  and  read 
the  answers.  It  brings  everybody  face  to  face  with 
a  most  vital  question. 


two-minute  talks. 

Invite  a  dozen  good  speakers  to  come  and  give  a 
two-minute  talk  on  missions.  Ask  some  bright, 
wide-awake,  witty  talker  to  introduce  each  speaker, 
and  tap  the  bell  or  strike  the  gavel  at  the  end  of  two 
minutes. 

*  *  * 

A  STORY  THREE    YARDS   LONG. 

For  a  Japanese  meeting  have  a  paper  with  this 
title.  Write  it  on  paper  about  five  or  six  inches 
wide,  and  three  yards  long.  (Of  course  it  may  be 
any  number  of  feet  or  yards  long,  according  to  the 
length  desired.)  When  it  is  all  written,  begin  at  the 
end  and  roll  it  up.  In  reading,  do  not  unroll  it  any 
faster  than  you  read.  Japanese  letter-paper  often 
comes  in  rolls,  and  letters  are  written  by  the  foot  or 
yard. 


64  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

SER1V40N   WITH   HIDDEN   TEXT. 

Some  years  ago  a  celebrated  Baptist  divine 
preached  a  sermon  at  Chautauqua,  announcing  tl.at 
he  would  not  give  his  text  till  the  close  of  the  dis- 
course, because  he  desired  his  hearers  to  discover  it 
for  themselves.  It  is  said  that  the  interest  and  at- 
tention were  unusual  even  for  Chautauqua. 

The  plan  is  very  good  for  a  missionary  sermon  or 
paper.  Such  subjects  as  "  Giving  for  Missions," 
♦'  Praying  for  Missions,"  "  Interesting  Others,"  "  Our 
Duty  to  Give  the  Heathen  the  Gospel,"  can  be  used. 
Give  the  writer  his  subject,  and  let  him  choose  his 
own  text.  In  announcing  it,  call  it  a  sermon,  or 
sermonette,  and  don't  give  either  the  subject  or  the 
text. 


CONVERSATIONS.' 

In  many  0/  our  Traveller's  Clubs  and  Chautauqua 
Circles,  etc.,  "Conversations'  on  a  given  subjed. 
are  very  popular,  and  are  valuable  in  bringing  out  a 
number  of  speakers  and  much  information.  The 
idea  lends  itself  nicely  to  missionary  meetings. 


1  References.  —  Murdered  Millions.  Paper,  15  cents  ;  cloth,  30 
cents.  Dr.  Geo.  D.  Dowkoutt,  2S8  Lexington  Ave.,  New  York 
City.  Medical  Missions  —  Facts  and  Testimonies  to  their  Value 
and  Snccess.  Price  5  cents.  Address  W.  B.  Jacobs,  132  La  Salle 
Street,  Cliicago,  111.  Files  0/  the  Medical  Missionary  Record.  $1 
per  year.    Address  288  Lexington  Ave.,  New  York  City. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  65 

Appoint  some  one  to  lead  the  conversation,  select 
six  topics,  and  assign  them  to  different  persons  to 
prepare  a  three-minute  talk. 

Ask  all  the  members  to  come  prepared  to  take  part 
in  a  short  discussion  after  each  topic. 

ExiDiiple. —  Conversation  on  Medical  Missions. 

1.  Jesus    our   example    in    Medical    ^Missionary 

Work. 

2.  Native  Doctoring. 

3.  Medicine  the  Golden  Key. 

4.  Some  Missionary  Hospitals. 

5.  Pen  Pictures  of  Noted  Medical  Missions. 

6.  Some  Incidents  of  Medical  Missions. 


HOW    THE    WORK   IS    DONE. 

Every  one  should  know  all  about  the  missionary 
machinery  of  his  own  church  and  denomination. 
At  some  meeting  have  short  papers  on  :  — 

1.  Our    Missionary    Board.     Where   it  is,   and 

What  it  does. 

2.  Our  Woman's  Board  (or  Boards). 

3.  Our  Relation  to  the  Boards. 

4.  How  the  Money  is  sent. 

5.  Our  Special  Objects  for  This  Year. 

For  information  on  this  subject  consult  your  pastor. 

Presbyterian  Societies  will  find  admirable  short  papers  In  Chil- 
dren's Work  for  Ckildreti,  January,  March,  May,  July,  and  October, 
1891.  Price  s  cents  each.  Pres.  Board  of  Pub.,Witherspoon  Build- 
ing, Philadelphia.  ''  Ezra,  Me,  and  tlie  lioards. "  Price  2  cents. 
Miss  S.  B.  Stebbins,  Room  48,  Le  Moyne  Block,  Chicago,  111. 


66  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 


DISSECTED   STORY. 


A    Plan  for   Little    Folks. 


Select  a  short,  bright  missionary  story,  and  cut  it 
into  sections,  some  long,  others  quite  short. 

Paste  each  section  on  a  card,  and  number  it. 
Pass  them  at  or  before  the  meeting  to  children  who 
read  well,  and  call  for  them  by  number.  It  will 
rouse  interest  and  hold  attention  better  than  when 
the  whole  story  is  read  by  one  person. 
*  *  * 

JACK  AND   THE   JAPS. 


1. 

This  Jack  was  a  jolly  good  boy.  He  was  jolly 
because  he  liked  fun;  he  was  good  because  he 
liked  to  make  others  happy.  Once  a  month  J?.ck 
worked  like  a  beaver  in  his  father's  woodshed, 
splitting  wood,  to  earn  five  cents  to  take  to  the 
"  Cheerful  Workers."  He  felt  quite  proud  of  his 
five  cents.  The  Cheerful  Workers  were  raising 
money  to  educate  a  boy  in  Japan. 


2. 

On  Saturday  Jack  started  off  on  his  new  bicycle, 
at  least  it  was  as  good  as  new,  though  it  was  a 
second-hand  one  that  its  former  owner  had  out- 
grown. He  had  been  saving  his  money  a  whole 
year,  and  it  cost  him  just  five  dollars. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  67 


3. 

I  CANNOT  tell  you  what  they  did  at  the  meeting, 
but  that  night  Jack  had  a  fearful  dream.  He 
thought  his  bicycle  had  got  started,  and  took  him 
straight  across  America  to  California.  When  he 
came  to  the  Pacific  Ocean  a  long,  narrow  bridge 
stretched  across  it,  and  over  it  whizzed  his  bicycle; 
and  the  first  thing  Jack  knew  he  was  making  a  tri- 
umphant entry  into  Japan. 


4. 

The  Japs  seemed  glad  to  see  him.  They 
crowded  around  him,  and  chatted  and  laughed  and 
danced  with  delight  at  him  and  his  bicycle.  Fi- 
nally one  boy  asked,  "  Do  you  belong  to  the  Cheer- 
ful Workers  ?  "  —  "  Yes,  I  do,"  said  Jack  proudly. 
"  How  much  did  you  give  for  us  Japs?"  said  an- 
other. "Five  cents,"  meekly  answered  Jack, 
wondering  what  was  coming  next.  "Oh,  ho!" 
said  all  the  boys.  "What  did  you  pay  for  your 
bicycle?  "  asked  another  boy.  "  Five  dollars," 
said  Jack.  "Good,  ain't  it?  Oh,  ho  !  "  answered 
all  the  boys  again.  "  Mighty  mean  boy,"  said  the 
first  Jap.  "  Gives  five  cents  for  us  and  five  dollars 
for  himself." 


68  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 


5. 

All  of  a  sudden  the  air  grew  full  of  sticks  and 
mud.  Poor  Jack  !  What  should  he  do?  Every- 
where the  Japanese  boys  were  coming  after  him 
like  an  army  of  giant  grasshoppers,  their  shoes 
clattering,  their  hair  flying,  and  every  boy  yelling, 
"  Oh,  ho  !  oh,  ho  !  Five  cents  for  the  Japs  and  five 
dollars  for  Jack.     Mighty  mean  boy!  " 


6. 

But  somehow  the  bicycle  got  off,  and  Jack 
started  for  the  shore;  but  alas!  no  bridge  was  to 
be  seen,  and  the  first  thing  Jack  knew  he  went 
down,  plunged  head  first,  bicycle  and  all,  into  the 
Pacific  Ocean. 


7. 
He  was  just  thinking  how  cold  the  water  was, 
and  whether  his  mother  would  cry  when  she  knew 
her  Jack  was  drowned,  when  his  eyes  flew  open, 
and  lo  !  he  and  the  water-pitcher  and  the  towel- 
rack  were  a  pile  of  ruins  on  the  floor.  His  mother 
was  standing  in  the  doorway,  rubbing  her  eyes, 
and  holding  a  candle  in  her  hand.  "  Why,  Jack," 
said  she,  "  what  are  you  doing?  "  —  "  Oh,  mother, 
the  Japs!  "  gasped  Jack. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  69 


8. 

Next  morning  Jack  had  to  account  for  his  con- 
duct. His  father  said,  "  My  son,  there's  a  lesson 
in  your  dream.  The  Bible  says  '  Thou  shalt  love 
thy  neighbor  as  thyself.'  " 


"  Jack  and  the  Japs."  Price  i  cent.  A  tract  published  bj'  the 
Woman's  F.  M.  S.  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  36  Bromfield  Street,  Boston. 

Another  story  that  would  lend  itself  to  this  plan  most  admirably 
is  "  How  a  Baby  Organ  Became  a  Missionary,"  p.  350,  Church  at 
Home  and  Abroad,  October,  1894,  Pliiladelphia. 


A    PALAVER. 

A  PALAVER  is  the  African  name  for  a  "  big  talk.'* 
As  June  is  the  month  to  which  most  mission-boards 
assign  the  study  of  Africa,  it  would  be  most  appro- 
priate at  meetings  held  during  that  month. 

A  "  Palaver  about  Robert  Moffat  "  is  given  here^ 
and  any  wide-awake  leader  can  arrange  such  an  exer- 
cise on  any  desired  subject. 

Palavers  would  be  excellent  about  "  Samuel  Adjai 
Crowther,  the  Slave  Boy  who  became  a  Bishop ;  "■ 
about  "David  Livingstone;"  about  "African  He- 
roes ;  "  about  the  "  Slave  Trade  ;  "  about  "  Rum,  the 
Giant  Foe,""  etc. 


70  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 


A   PALAVER   ABOUT    ROBERT    MOFFAT. 

For  directions,  see  the  exercise  called  "  Sharp- 
Shooting"  on  page  45.  Conduct  the  palaver  in  a 
similar  manner. 

*  * 

I.  Robert  Moffat.  Born  Dec.  21,  1795;  died 
Aug.  10,  1883. 

Such  is  the  brief  notice  of  the  beginning  and  end- 
ing of  a  life  such  as  might  have  been  written  after 
any  name.  But  what  of  the  eighty-eight  years  be- 
tween these  dates .'' 


2.  When  Robert  Moffat  was  about  sixteen  years 
of  age  he  left  his  home  in  Scotland,  and  went  to 
England.  Here  he  soon  fell  in  with  some  earnest 
Christians,  and  was  converted.  As  he"  grew  in  the 
Christian  life,  he  was  fired  with  an  intense  zeal  and 
longing  for  saving  souls,  and  an  intense  desire  to 
serve  God  in  some  marked  manner  took  possession 
of  him.  How?  when?  where?  became  the  momen- 
tous questions  to  him. 

They  were  soon  answered  for  him.  God  was 
leading  him  all  the  while.  One  day,  as  he  was 
crossing  a  bridge,  his  eye  fell  on  a  large  placard 
posted  on  it,  announcing  a  missionary  convention. 
By  the  date  of  the  meeting  he  discovered  that  it  was 
too  late  for  him  to  attend  it ;  but  two  things  he  re- 
membered and  noted  down:  "London  Missionary 
Society,"  and    "Rev.  William   Roby,  Manchester." 


FUFL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  7 1 

Before  this  placard  Robert  Moffat  was  held  by  the 
Spirit  of  God,  until  he  felt  sure  his  way  of  serving 
God  was  to  be  as  a  missionary  of  the  cross  ;  and 
from  that  hour  he  gave  himself  to  that  work,  and 
nothing  could  turn  him  from  it. 


3.  How  to  become  a  missionary  was  the  next 
question. 

With  much  trembling  and  hesitation  this  enthu- 
siastic young  man  of  only  twenty  years  applied 
to  the  London  Missionary  Society,  and  of  course 
his  offer  was  refused.  But  at  last,  through  the  in- 
terest of  Mr.  Roby,  whose  name  he  had  seen  on  the 
placard,  he  received  an  appointment.  And  so,  in 
God's  good  time,  his  desire  was  granted. 


4.  It  was  no  light  trial  for  Robert  Moffat's  parents 
to  give  up  their  young  son ;  yet  they  declared  that 
they  dared  not  forbid  his  going,  lest  they  should  be 
planting  themselves  in  the  Lord's  way.  In  God's 
kindness,  both  parents  were  allowed  to  welcome  him 
back  to  England. 

*  * 

5.  There  was  another  parting  very  hard  for  young 
Moffat  to  bear.  He  had  loved  Miss  Mary  Smith,  a 
lovely  girl,  who  had  joyfully  consented  to  go  with 
him,  and  share  his  work.  Her  parents  had  con- 
sented to  the  betrothal  of  their  daughter  to  him, 
and  he  had  expected  to  marry  her  before  leaving 


72  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

England.  But  at  the  last  her  parents  absolutely 
refused  to  give  her  up.  It  was  a  keen,  bitter  dis- 
appointment to  them,  both,  for  Mary  Smith's  heart, 
too,  was  full  of  zeal  and  devotion  to  missions.  But 
both  felt  that  nothing  must  be  allowed  to  stand  in 
the  way  of  God's  work ;  and  so  Moffat  went  forth 
alone  —  forth  from  father  and  mother,  lorth  from 
promised  wife,  from  Scotland,  from  the  mountains, 
the  streams,  the  heather,  the  simple  speech,  the 
Sabbath-day,  the  dear  old  bell,  the  prayer,  the 
psalm,  the  sermon  —  each  of  these  precious  memo- 
ries woven  into  his  very  life.  But  dearer  than  all 
else  to  Robert  Moffat  was  the  loving  Saviour,  who 
left  all  and  gave  his  life  to  save  him. 


6.  At  last,  on  the  31st  day  of  October,  1816,  with 
the  broken  "God  bless  you  and  keep  you"  ringing 
in  his  ears  and  throbbing  in  his  heart,  Robert 
Moffat's  vessel  weighed  anchor,  and  he  was  gone. 
Moffat  was  to  go  to  South  Africa,  to  Namaqualand, 
to  a  station  called  Africaneer's  Kraal.  The  chief  of 
this  tribe,  Africaneer,  was  a  remarkable  man,  —  a 
perfect  terror,  an  outlaw,  for  whose  head,  on  ac- 
count of  cruel  deeds,  the  government  offered  a  hun- 
dred pounds  sterling.  The  people  of  the  hamlet 
would  rather  face  wild  beasts  any  Vlme  than  this 
mighty,  bloodthirsty  chief. 

The  sailors  on  Moffat's  vessel  lov;k<;d  w'th  wonder 
on  this  youth  of  twenty-one,  wV^o  was  so  gladly 
starting  out  to  brave  such  d'^^  ge^'s.     They  lis*:eaed 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  73 

to  his  stories  of  Africaneer  and  his  people  with  mute 
astonishment.  They  could  not  understand  Avhat 
hidden  power  impelled  their  young  friend  to  give  his 
life  to  such  work.  But  his  answer  to  them  was,  "  I 
am  ready,  not  only  to  be  bound,  but  to  DIE,  for 
the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus." 


7.  Arriving  in  Africa,  Moffat's  plan  of  going  to 
Africaneer  was  met  with  ridicule  and  discourage- 
ment. He  was  told  that  "  he  might  as  well  preach 
to  monkeys  ;  "  that  they  would  use  him  for  a  mark 
to  shoot  at,  and  make  a  drinking-cup  of  his  skull, 
and  a  drumhead  of  his  skin. 


8.  Moffat  pushed  bravely  on,  and  at  last  found 
Africaneer.  Under  two  former  missionaries  the 
chief  had  been  led  to  think  of  a  better  life;  but  the 
change  was  not  permanent.  At  first  he  met  Mr. 
Moffat  coldly ;  but  very  soon  his  heart  was  won,  and 
he  bade  his  women  bring  material  and  build  him  a 
house.  In  half  an  hour  they  had  a  house  ready 
for  him,  and  it  was  his  home  for  six  months. 


9.  Very,  very  lonely  was  the  young  missionary ; 
but  God  was  with  him,  and  his  work  began  to  grow. 
Africaneer  began  to  come  to  the  meetings,  and  show 
a  growth  in -Christian  life  that  astonished  Mr.  Moffat. 
He  also  began  to  help  the  work  forward  in  every  way 


74  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

possible ;  and  instead  of  harming  the  missionary,  he 
exercised  a  most  careful  oversight  over  him, -and 
gave  him  all  the  comforts  in  his  power. 

At  last  Mr.  Moffat  desired  to  visit  Cape  Town  for 
supplies,  and  begged  Africaneer  to  go  with  him. 
But  for  a  long  time  the  chief  refused.  He  dared  not 
venture  there.  But  at  last  he  went,  Moffat  promis- 
ing that  no  harm  should  come  to  him. 

All  along  the  route  Mr.  Moffat  took  pleasure  in 
holding  up  this  chief  as  an  object-lesson  to  the 
people,  proving  the  wonderful  power  of  God  and  the 
gospel  of  Christ.  So  sweet  and  mild  and  lovely  was 
all 'of  Africaneer's  conduct,  that,  instead  of  being  ar- 
rested and  hanged,  he  was  fully  pardoned,  and  kindly 
entertained  as  Mr.  Moffat's  friend  ;  and  men  every- 
where flocked  to  see  him,  saying,  "  Can  this  man 
really  be  Africaneer?'" 

*  * 

10.  Quite  like  a  romance  reads  the  next  chapter 
of  Robert  Moffat's  life.  When  he  and  Mary  Smith 
parted  in  England,  they  hoped  to  be  married  some 
time  in  the  future.  But  during  these  two  years  even 
that  hope  had  been  taken  away ;  for  she  wrote  beg- 
o;ing  him  to  forget  her,  as  her  parents  were  growing 
more  firm  in  their  purpose  to  refuse  to  allow  her  to 
join  him.  Perhaps  to  test  his  purpose  God  allowed 
this  severe  trial  to  come  to  Robert  Moffat,  and  then, 
when  he  found  how  strictly  true  he  was  to  his  vows, 
gave  him  all  he  desired  ;  for  just  before  he  started 
for  the  colony,  the  glad  news  reached  him  that  Mary 
.Smith  had  started  for  Africa. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  75 

She  wrote  to  him  that  "  God  had  changed  the 
hearts  of  her  parents,  and  that  they  had  calmly  re- 
signed her  into  the  hands  of  the  Lord,  declaring 
they  no  longer  dared  to  hold  her." 

And  so  Robert  Moffiit  liad  the  intense  pleasure  of 
welcoming  her  to  Cape  Town. 

They  were  married  in  St.  George's  Church  in 
1820;  and  henceforth,  in  thinking  of  Robert  Moffat, 
we  must  think  also  of  the  brave,  earnest  woman  at 
his  side,  enduring  what  he  endured,  and  quite  as 
much  of  a  missionary  as  he  was. 

*  * 

11.  It  seemed  many  times  as  though  everything 
was  against  their  work.  On  Sunday,  while  the  Mof- 
fats  were  at  church,  the  people  would  go  and  steal 
the  food  cooking  for  their  dinner. 

*  * 

12.  On  Sunday,  tours  were  often  taken  into  the  sur- 
rounding country  to  hold  services  ;  but  many  things 
hindered  in  this.  On  several  diiferent  occasions  he 
left  the  chief  of  the  kraal  in  a  rage,  and  deeply 
insulted,  because  he  refused  to  take  his  choicest 
daughter  as  an  extra  wife.  Of  course  going  back 
to  such  a  kraal  to  preach  was  impossible. 


13.  The  people  were  possessed  that  the  mission- 
aries were  great  criminals  hiding  from  justice.  What 
else  could  make  them  leave  the  white  man's  country, 
with  all  its  blessings?  When  the  missionaries  ex- 
plained that  it  was  to  save  their  souls,  they  laughed 
them  to  scorn. 


76  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

14.  One  terrible  hindrance  was  tlie  influence  and 
power  of  the  rain-makers.  These  men  were  the 
doctors  and  prophets  of  this  people,  and  they  were 
reverenced  as  though  they  were  gods.  Of  course 
they  hated  the  missionaries.  If  their  predictions 
failed,  and  the  glaring  sun  poured  down  its  fiery  rays 
on  the  thirsty  earth  instead  of  rain,  the  blame  was 
laid  on  the  missionary.  Something  he  had  said  or 
done,  something  he  had  in  his  house,  or  perhaps  his 
white  face,  had  kept  the  rain  away.  Of  course  this 
enraged  the  people. 


15.  During  this  time  Mary  [Nlot^tafs  faith  shone 
•out  grandly. 

"  Mary,"  said  her  husband  one  day,  '"Mary,  this 
is  hard  work."' 

'•It  is  hard,  my  love,*'  she  said;  ''but  take 
courage." 

"But  think,  my  dear,  how  long  we  have  been 
preaching  to  this  people,  and  no  fruits  yet  appear." 

Mrs.  Moffat  replied,  "  The  gospel  has  not  yet 
been  preached  to  them  in  their  own  tongue  wherein 
they  were  born.  They  have  only  heard  it  from  the 
interpreters,  who  have  no  real  love  for  the  truth." 

"  From  that  hour,"  says  Mr.  Moflfat,  "  I  gave  my- 
self with  untiring  dilisrence  to  the  language." 


16.  By  faith,  Mary  Moffat,  when  there  was  no 
glimmer  of  dawn,  replied  to  a  friend  in  England, 
who  had  written  to  ask  what  she  could  send  to  them 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  77 

that  would  be  of  use  to  them  in  their  work,  "  Send 
us  a  communion  service  ;  we  shall  need  it  some  day." 
They  had  been  at  work  seven  years  already.  For  ten 
years  they  had  no  souls  for  their  hire,  no  need  for 
the  communion  service ;  but  at  last,  the  vety  day 
before  they  held  their  first  communion  with  the  first- 
fruits  of  the  Bechwana  people,  a  tardy  box  arrived 
from  England,  and  behold  !  it  was  the  communion 
service  asked  for  three  years  before. 
*  * 

17.  Blessings  at  last !  Ten  long  years  of  work  ! 
It  had  been  a  long  night ;  but  at  last  came,  almost 
without  warning,  a  marvellous  outpouring  of  God's 
Spirit,  and  the  fruit  of  their  loving,  patient  toil  ap- 
peared at  once. 

It  was  a  tender,  quiet  change.  Men  and  women, 
with  broken  hearts  and  tearful  eyes,  flocked  to  the 
missionaries,  confessing  themselves  sinners,  and  ac- 
knowledging Christ  as  their  Saviour. 

Notwithstanding  their  faith  and  prayers,  Robert 
and  Mary  Moffat  were  astonished  at  the  abundant 
answers,  "exceeding  abundant,  above  all  they  had 
asked  or  thought."  The  little  chapel  became  too 
small.  Women  came  to  Mary  Moffat  to  learn  to  be 
good  wives  and  mothers  and  housekeepers.  On  all 
1  lands  it  was  a  new  birth,  new  creatures,  new  prac- 
tices. Prayer-meetings  and  praise-meetings  were 
held  by  the  natives  from  house  to  house,  and  often 
lasted  till  morning  dawn. 

Some  of  those  who  had  been  the  sharpest  thorns 
to  the  missionaries  became  the  strongest  helpers. 


78  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

Practical  results  grew  out  of  the  change.  A  large 
new  church  and  brick  schoolhouse  were  built,  and 
all  paid  for  by  the  natives.  Respectable  homes  were 
built,  and  women  given  their  right  places.  Chairs, 
tables,  beds,  and  candles,  and  even  decorations, 
crept  into  the  homes.  The  food  and  mode  of  cook- 
ing it  were  changed.  The  sick  and  dying  were 
properly  cared  for,  and  the  dead  buried. 

In  Christ  Jesus  we  are  all  new  creatures,  whether 
in  Africa  or  America. 

*  * 

l8.  One  morning,  as  Mr.  Moffat  was  leaving 
home,  a  Bechwana  man  came  to  him  with  a  face  full 
of  perplexity  and  sadness.  Mr.  Moffat  took  his 
hand  and  asked  what  was  the  matter. 

"  You  remember  my  good  dog  that  guarded  the 
sheep?  He  was  so  bold  and  fierce  in  driving  off  the 
wild  beasts  that  came  to  devour  them.  Now  he  is 
spoiled ;    I  may  say  I  have  lost  him." 

"  What  has  happened?" 

"  He  has  torn  my  New  Testament  in  pieces,  and 
eaten  most  of  its  leaves." 

"  You  shall  have  another  Testament  immediately.'' 

"  Thank  you,  sir.  But  what  shall  I  do  with  the 
dog  ?  He  was  such  a  fighter !  But  my  New  Testa- 
ment was  so  full  of  love  and  gentleness,  and  my  dog 
has  eaten  so  many  of  its  leaves,  I  know  the  fight  is 
taken  out  of  him.'''' 

Very  real  was  the  man's  distress  till  Mr.  Moffat 
explained  and  recalled  the  old  lessons  to  his  mem- 
ory.    At  last  he  departed  comforted. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  79 

19.  Nearly  fifty-four  years  on  African  soil !  And 
now  he  is  an  old  man  of  seventy-five  years  —  too  old 
to  longer  bear  such  burdens.  At  last  the  conviction 
forced  itself  upon  him  that  his  work  was  done  among 
his  people.  He  had  hoped  to  die  among  them,  but 
God  ordered  otherwise.  His  strength  was  gone  ;  and 
nothing  but  this  last  sacrifice — a  separation — could 
benefit  them.  He  could  only  help  by  rousing  new 
interest  at  home.  The  parting  with  the  people  was 
agonizing.  As  his  last  sermon  is  preached  to  them, 
can  we  not  almost  hear  their  sobs  and  see  their  tears 
as  they  listened  to  their  saintly  and  beloved  pastor's 
last  words  ? 

At  last  Robert  and  Mary  Moffat  sailed  for  Eng- 
land, letting  their  bodies  be  carried  forever  from  the 
land  where  their  hearts  would  be  ever. 

Warm  welcomes  were  extended  to  them  at  home. 
All  these  years  the  Christian  world  had  been  looking 
on,  and  they  !:ad  come  home  to  find  themselves 
famous. 

In  1 87 1,  soon  after  arriving  home,  Mary  Moffat 
died.  The  blow  was  a  severe  one  to  her  husband^ 
to  whom  his  wife  had  grown  dearer  and  closer  as 
the  years  went  by.  His  sore  affliction,  however,  did 
not  stop  his  work  for  missions.  He  attended  meet- 
ings, addressing  them  often,  and  pleading  for  Africa. 
His  death  occurred  Aug.  10,  1883,  in  his  eighty- 
eighth  year. 

*  * 

20.  That  all  their  children  should  become  mission- 
aries, and  give  their  life's  work  to  Africa,  was  the 


8o  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

ardent  wish  of  both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moffat ;  and  they 
saw  their  wish  partly  fulfilled,  in  five  of  them  being 
engaged  in  that  work. 

Their  eldest  daughter,  Mary,  became  the  wife  of 
David  Livingstone,  that  illustrious  man  whom  Mof- 
fat really  gave  to  Africa  and  to  the  world ;  for  it  was 
he  who  influenced  him,  and  was  the  means  of  win- 
ning him  to  work  for  Africa. 

Do  foreign  missions  pay?  Would  it  have  been 
better  to  leave  the  people  of  Africa  alone  in  their 
degradation  and  blood-shedding?  Will  any  one  on 
the  home-field  be  a  sufferer  for  sharing  in  the  great 
work  of  their  salvation,  and  thus  relieving  the  world 
of  a  little  of  the  burden  of  sin  under  which  it  groans, 
and  winning  souls  to  praise  and  glorify  the  name  of 

our  Redeemer. 

*  *  * 

A  POW-WOW. 

Pow-wowis  the  name  of  a  "  big  talk  "  among  the 
North  American  Indians.  A  good  exercise,  with  this 
name,  can  be  arranged  by  adapting  the  idea  of  a  topic 
party  to  a  missionary  meeting. 

Select  five  topics.  Have  cards  printed  or  written 
with  a  list  of  topics,  and-  a  dotted  line  underneath 
each  one.  Give  one  to  each  person  present,  and 
request  the  gentlemen  to  select  a  partner  for  each 
topic.  When  each  gentleman  has  selected  a  lady  for 
each  topic,  tap  the  bell,  and  announce  that  the  gen- 
tlemen may  claim  partners  for  the  first  topic,  and  dis- 
cuss it  for  just  five  minutes.  And  so  on  through  the 
whole  list. 


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Care  must  be  taken  in  the  selection  of  topics.  It 
is  not  wise  to  select  very  deep  subjects,  that  require 
much  knowledge  to  discuss. 


R  PoW-WoW. 


1.  Cnliian  i^igijts. 

2.  Intiian  ilegenUs. 

3.  Es  a  "ticaii"  Cntifan  tfje  onig  gooti  Enliian? 
4-  Mission  bjorfe  among  ifje  Untiians. 

5.  InUians  JI  !jabe  seen. 


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A  JOURNEY   THROUGH   SIAM    AND   LAOS. 


As  Reported  by  Six  Tourists. 


How  much  interest  we  would  all  have  in  any  for- 
eign field  had  we  actually  been  there  to  see  for  our- 
selves. Everything  that  brings  us  into  clearer 
knowledge  of  missionaries  and  their  work,  brings  us 
into  closer  sympathy  with  them,  and  makes  us  better 
able  to  "  hold  the  ropes."  The  following  account  of 
a  journey  through  Siam  and  Laos  was  prepared  with 
this  end  in  view. 

In  giving  it,  assign  the  parts  to  six  different  per- 
sons ;  one  to  be  leader  (a  good  speaker),  who  shall 
describe  all  the  journeys,  and  five  others,  who  shall 
each  tell  about  one  station.  A  good  map  adds  much 
to  the  effectiveness. 

Though  the  journey  is,  of  course,  only  a"  pen-and- 
ink  "  trip,  still  every  little  detail  of  it  is  true.  Each 
of  the  trips  between  stations  is  taken  from  the  ac- 
count of  an  actual  journey  of  some  missionary,  and 
is  correct  in  mode  of  travel,  while  all  the  incidents 
are  actual  happenings. 

The  exercise  as  here  given  is  incomplete,  because 
no  account  of  the  missionaries  and  their  work  in  the 
schools,  hospitals,  and  churches  that  are  found  at  the 
different  stations  is  given.  They  are  purposely  omit- 
ted, because  even  in  a  few  months  conditions  at  any 
station  may  change,  and  the  "news'"  be  decidedly 
stale.  Every  one  using  this  exercise  is  urged  to  sup- 
ply the  omissions  by  studying  the  latest  magazines. 


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and  the  latest  report  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions, which  can  be  borrowed  from  the  pastor,  who 
always  has  a  copy,  a7id  will  be  glad  to  have  it  so  used. 

Leader.  It  has  been  my  great  privilege,  in  com- 
pany with  a  party  of  our  young  people,  to  take  a  trip 
through  the  land  of  the  White  Elephant.  At  the  re- 
quest of  our  president,  we  will  try  to  tell  you  some  of 
the  things  we  heard  and  saw. 

As  Siam  lies  on  the  other  side  of  the  globe,  and 
travelling  there  was  slow  work,  our  trip  was  a  long 
one  in  point  of  time. 

As  we  desired  to  have  as  pleasant  and  prosperous 
a  time  as  possible,  and  as  our  special  aim  was  to 
make  a  visit  to  the  mission  stations  there,  we  wrote 
to  the  secretaries  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions 
for  letters  of  introduction  to  the  missionaries,  and 
also  any  suggestions  they  might  be  able  to  give  us. 
They  were  more  than  kind,  and  sent  us  the  same 
instructions  they  sent  to  missionaries  under  appoint- 
ment to  that  field. 

They  cautioned  us  to  be  careful  about  drinking 
water  after  leaving  the  United  States,  and  to  eat 
cautiously  of  strange  food  and  fruits ;  to  buy  pith 
hats  at  Hong-Kong,  and  wear  them;  to  carry,  in  ad- 
dition, sun-umbrellas  when  on  the  water,  and  not  to 
sit  on  deck,  even  under  an  awnings  without  pith 
hats  ;  to  use  no  wines  or  liquors  for  any  kind  of  sick- 
ness, as  they  are  dangerous  in  a  hot  climate. 

We  took  clothing  for  both  warm  and  cold  weather, 
though  more  of  light  weight  than  heavy.  As  men 
wear  white  altogther  in  Siam,  the  gentlemen  in  our 


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party  were  advised  to  order  white  suits  made  in  Hong- 
Kong.  Each  of  them  also  took  a  full-dress  suit  of 
black,  because  they  were  informed  that  such  a  suit 
would  be  necessary  if  they  should  receive  an  invita- 
tion to  call  on  the  king.  Better  carry  a  dress  suit  all 
around  the  globe  than  miss  a  chance  to  pay  a  visit  to 
royalty  because  one  had  nothing  to  wear. 

All  preparations  were  at  last  made,  and  our  little 
party  left  San  Francisco  on  the  City  of  Pekin.  Our 
voyage  was  one  of  great  interest. 

We  reached  Japan  after  being  on  the  sea  many 
days.  Here  we  received  our  first  impressions  of 
heathenism  ;  for  we  had  scarcely  landed  when  five 
hundred  Japanese  surrounded  us  in  their  odd  native 
boats,  each  trying  to  secure  passengers,  much  after 
the  manner  of  Niagara  hackmen.  The  strange 
sounds  of  hundreds  of  voices  in  an  unknown  tongue 
cannot  be  described. 

From  Yokohama,  where  we  landed,  we  went  di- 
rect to  Hong-Kong,  where  we  spent  several  days. 
Here  we  bought  pith  hats,  and  the  gentlemen  went 
to  the  Chinese  tailors,  and  were  measured  for  white 
duck  suits.  Their  orders  were  filled  with  neatness 
and  despatch. 

At  last,  all  our  business  in  Hong-Kong  being 
finished,  we  set  sail  once  more,  and  seven  days  later 
our  little  party  at  last  found  itself  in  Siam,  landing  at 
Bangkok,  twenty-five  miles  up  the  river  Menam, 
almost  two  months  after  we  left  San  Francisco.  Mr. 
A.  will  tell  you  what  we  saw  there. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  85 

BANGKOK. 

Mr.  a.  As  soon  as  we  landed  in  Bangkok  we 
began  to  realize  that  all  the  strange  stories  of  floating 
houses,  many  idols,  lazy  priests,  and  superstitious 
heathen  were  actually  true.  No  one  can  imagine  it 
without  seeing  it.     (Add  late  news  from  Bangkokt) 

Leader.  Leaving  Bangkok,  we  turned  our  faces 
towards  Petchaburee,  travelling  in  a  little  house-boat, 
rowed  by  five  men.  The  little  cabin  had  drawers 
and  cupboards,  where  our  clothing  and  provisions 
were  stored  away.  The  seats  were  arranged  along 
the  sides  of  the  boat,  and  at  night  the  floor  between 
the  seats  was  raised  to  the  same  level,  thus  furnish- 
ing bedsteads,  while  the  boat-cushions  were  mat- 
tresses. The  men  rowed  most  of  the  night,  and  the 
splashing  of  the  oars  was  a  good  lullaby  to  hush  us 
to  sleep.  It  was  twelve  o'clock  at  night  when  we 
reached  Petchaburee,  and  of  course  every  one  had 
retired.  But  the  mission  compound  is  right  on  the 
bank  of  the  river,  and  we  had  no  trouble  in  finding 
it.  We  called  for  some  one  to  unlock  the  gate,  and 
we  were  soon  made  welcome.  Miss  B.  will  tell  you 
something  about  Petchaburee. 

*  *  * 

PETCHABUREE. 

Miss  B.  It  falls  to  my  lot  to  tell  you  about  Petch- 
aburee. How  much  we  enjoyed  our  visit,  and  such 
a  cordial  welcome  as  we  received !  I  must  tell 
you,  though,  that  we  were  not  the  only  visitors. 
There   were    others   who  were    not    so  welcome,  at 


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least  if  we  may  judge  by  the  treatment  they  re- 
ceived. A  large  scorpion  came  into  the  dining-room 
while  we  were  at  dinner  one  day,  and  a  few  days  after- 
wards two  of  the  same  deadly  creatures  were  found 
under  the  boat-cushions.  Several  times  large  cobras, 
from  three  to  eight  feet  in  length,  came  into  the  back 
yard,  and  one  ugly  fellow,  about  five  feet  in  length, 
had  the  audacity  to  crawl  onto  the  porch.  None  of 
us  enjoyed  such  company.  (Add  news  from  Petcha- 
buree.) 

Leader.  From  Petchaburee  we  went  to  Rat- 
buree,  the  new  station  in  Siam.  We  made  use  of 
the  telegraph  line  between  the  two  stations  to  an- 
nounce our  coming.  Ratburee  is  on  the  Meklong 
River,  just  about  half-way  between  Petchaburee  and 
Bangkok.  We  made  the  trip  in  an  ordinary  row- 
boat,  going  along  the  coast  to  the  mouth  of  the  Mek- 
long, and  then  up  stream  to  the  city.  Our  journey 
took  just  twenty-four  hours.     Miss  C.  will  tell  you 

about  Ratburee. 

*  *  * 

RATBUREE. 

Miss  C.  I  must  tell  you  something  funny.  All 
through  Siam  we  could  distinguish  the  word  "rat," 
and  its  plural  "  rats,"  used  quite  often  by  the  natives, 
and  also  the  missionaries.  We  wondered  and  won- 
dered how  our  American  slang  had  taken  so  deep  a 
hold  upon  the  Siamese,  when  at  last  we  discovered 
that  RAT  is  the  polite  name  by  which  to  address  a 
young  lady!     (Add  news  from  Ratburee.) 

Leader.     From  Ratburee  we  went  back  to  Bang- 


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kok  to  prepare  for  the  long  and  trying  journey  up 
the  Menam  to  the  Laos  country. 

On  all  hands  we  heard  much  to  discourage  us  from 
going;  the  trip  up  the  river,  with  its  forty-two  rapids, 
was  not  without  danger,  and  would  take  over  two 
months'  time.  Nevertheless,  we  were  determined  to 
go,  and  enjoy  it,  too,  if  possible.  We  had  a  long 
and  tedious  waiting  for  the  boats,  but  at  last  we  set 
our  faces  toward  Laos.  Our  little  fleet  of  six  boats 
pushed  off  the  landing  at  six  o'clock  in  the  morning. 

As  these  boats  were  our  home  for  so  long  a  time, 
I  will  describe  them  for  you.  Each  boat  was  twenty 
feet  long  and  eight  feet  wide.  The  centre  part  was 
covered  with  bamboo  basket-work.  The  boatmen 
occupied  the  front  end  of  the  boat,  where  they  row, 
pull,  cook,  eat,  and  sleep.  Our  little  cabins  were 
just  high  enough  for  us  to  stand  up  straight,  and 
measured  eight  by  ten  feet.  Under  the  cabin  floors 
we  stored  away  some  of  the  delicious  fruits  of  Siam, 
—  oranges,  bananas,  limes,  pomelloes,  etc.  ;  and  we 
could  get  them  by  pulling  up  the  loose  boards  of  the 
floor.  We  had  no  windows  or  doors  ;  one  end  of  the 
cabin  was  entirely  open,  and  for  windows  we  could 
lift  up  half  of  three  sides  and  rest  them  on  sticks. 

As  the  journey  was  so  long,  and  also  full  of  inter- 
est, I  kept  a  little  diary,  not  trusting  to  my  memory, 
I  will  give  a  few  of  the  entries.  (These  entries  are 
from  the  memoir  of  Mary  Campbell.) 

Feb.  8.  — Two  days  out  from  Bangkok.  Our  little 
fleet  lifted  anchor  this  morning  about  daylight,  and 
then  stopped  before  a  sala  (resting-place)  for  break- 


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fast.  We  spread  our  table  under  the  shade  of  a  tree, 
and  had  a  real  picnic  meal. 

Feb.  ID.  —  Our  first  Sabbath  on  the  river.  Some- 
how it  seems  as  though  even  in  a  heathen  land  the 
Sabbath  is  different  from  other  days.  It  is  so  quiet, 
so  peaceful,  so  beautiful,  and  only  one  boat  passed 
us  all  day.  We  had  service  about  ten  o'clock  —  such 
a  precious  service. 

Ma7-ch  12.  —  The  river  scenery  is  so  beautiful! 
We  seem  to  be  in  a  little  round  valley,  with  moun- 
tains from  fifteen  hundred  to  two  thousand  feet  rising 
all  around  us.  To-day  we  passed  the  first  of  the 
forty-two  rapids,  and  it  was  very  exciting  to  watch 
the  men  seeking  a  channel  between  the  rocks,  and 
then  bending  every  nerve  to  get  the  boats  through. 
The  water  was  running  swiftly,  and  dashing  over  the 
stones.  It  was  hard  work  ;  but  the  men  at  last  suc- 
ceeded, and  sent  up  a  glad  shout  when  it  was  past. 
To-morrow  we  must  pass  through  one  much  higher, 
when  the  men  will  have  to  draw  the  boats  up  with 
ropes. 

To-night  when  the  boats  stopped  we  walked  to 
the  nearest  mountain.  One  of  the  customs  here, 
during  the  dry  season,  is  to  set  fire  to  the  grass.  In 
this  way  whole  mountains  are  set  on  fire.  Following 
this  custom,  we  each  set  fire  to  the  dry  grass.  How 
we  longed  to  see  the  spiritual  fire  spread  as  rapidly  ! 

Just  now  one  of  the  mountains  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  river  is  burning.  It  is  a  grand  sight  — 
the  fire  sweeping  up  the  sides  in  great  tongues,  then 
lighting  up  the  whole  sky  and  other  mountain  peaks. 


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lfa?'ch  26.  —  We  are  all  rejoicing  because  we 
passed  the  last  rapids  yesterday.  We  shall  be  in. 
Chieng-Mai  in  two  weeks. 

April  8.  —  Here  we  are  at  last!  Last  night  we 
were  about  ten  miles  from  the  city,  and  all  retired 
early,  so  as  to  be  up  at  daybreak.  This  morning  we 
watched  eagerly  at  every  bend  of  the  river  for  the 
first  glimpse  of  the  city.  About  two  o'clock  this 
afternoon  we  first  caught  sight  of  the  mission-houses 
on  the  right  bank  of  the  river,  under  great  trees. 
We  waved  our  handkerchiefs  and  a  Siamese  flag  to 
friends  on  the  bank  ;  some  one  sent  up  a  kite  (a 
salute  of  honor  in  Siam),  and  we  landed  at  last  after 
our  long  journey. 

Mr.  D.  will  tell  you  about  our  visit  here. 


CHIENG-MAI. 

Mr.  D.  What  shall  I  tell  you  about  Chieng-Mai? 
We  saw  so  much  that  was  strange  and  interesting, 
1  hardly  know  what  to  tell  about.  Well,  I  believe 
the  saw-mill  was  the  most  interesting  to  me. 

Do  you  remember  some  years  ago  tlie  children  of 
this  country  gave  money  to  build  a  hospital  at 
Chieng-Mai?  and  how  Dr.  Cheek  took  a  saw-mill 
with  him,  because  the  hand-saws  of  the  Laos  were  so 
slow?  It  took  one  man  a  whole  day  to  saw  a  single 
log.  I  remember  very  well  hearing  how  hard  it  was 
to  take  the  heavy  machinery  up  the  river  through  the 
rapids.  I  did  not  understand  it  then,  but  after  com- 
ing up  the  river,  and  seeing  the  ponderous  saw-mill. 


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I  cannot  imagine  how  they  ever  managed  it  at  all. 
But  they  did,  and  there  was  the  dear  old  mill  at 
work.  It  has  company  now,  for  a  second  mill  was 
sent  out,  with  the  machinery  for  making  door  and 
window  frames.     (Add  late  news  from  Chieng-Mai.) 

Leader.  From  Chieng-Mai  we  went  to  Lakawn. 
We  had  our  choice  of  two  routes,  —  one  overland, 
about  sixty  miles  by  elephant ;  and  the  other  by 
boat  down  the  Menam  to  the  mouth  of  the  Maa 
Wang,  and  then  up  stream  to  Lakawn,  about  two 
hundred  miles.  We  decided  to  go  overland  by  ele- 
phant. 

You  will  be  interested  in  the  way  the  queer  "  how- 
dahs  "  are  put  on.  First  they  put  on  a  thick  mat  of 
bark,  and  another  of  raw  hide,  to  keep  the  poor  ele- 
phant's back  from  getting  sore.  (Even  an  elephant's 
hide  has  some  feeling.)  The  crupper  and  the  ropes 
passing  under  the  body  and  around  the  neck  are 
made  of  rattan.  The  driver  sits  on  the  great  fellow's 
head,  and  guides  him  by  pressing  his  feet  against  the 
monsters  ears. 

Unfortunately  Siamese  elephants  are  not  trained  to 
kneel  as  readily  as  those  in  India,  and  we  had  a  hard 
time  scrambling  up  to  our  places.  Some  of  us  rode 
on  a  huge  old  elephant  that  walked  with  a  very  rough 
gait,  tossing  us  about  in  the  howdah,  every  bit  as 
bad  as  the  tossing  of  a  ship  at  sea,  and  with  the 
same  result, — sea-sickness. 

We  reached  Lakawn  safely,  sending,  our  elephants 
and  drivers  back  to  Chieng-Mai,  as  we  intended 
go^ng  back  to  Bangkok  by  boat. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 


9^ 


On  the  way  to  Lakawn,  at  each  village  a  curious 
crowd  gathered  round  us.  At  one  village  some  old 
women  fondled  our  hands,  exclaiming  over  their 
whiteness,  and  a  man  sagely  remarked  that  we  must 
have  washed  with  soap.     Miss  E.  will  tell  you  about 

Lakawn. 

♦  *  ♦ 

LAKAWN. 

Miss  E.  Such  curious  crowds  of  people  as  we 
found  at  Lakawn,  gazing  at  us  and  our  strange  be- 
longings !  But  I  am  sure  we  returned  their  looks 
with  interest ;  for  curious  as  they  thought  us,  we 
thought  them  even  more  so.  On  every  house-pillar 
we  saw  either  a  scarlet  or  a  white  piece  of  cloth. 
What  do  you  suppose  it  was  for?  We  could  not 
imagine,  but  at  last  learned  that  it  was  to  keep  the 
evil  spirits  from  getting  in ;  and  when  we  passed  the 
prince's  house,  we  saw  a  white  cotton  string  stretched 
around  the  entire  place,  for  the  same  purpose. 

Occasionally  we  met  people  with  cotton  cords  tied 
loosely  around  their  neck,  ankles,  and  wrists.  These 
people  were  sick,  and  were  trying  to  prevent  the  evil 
spirits  going  through  their  bodies.  Poor,  supersti- 
tious people  !     (Add  late  news  from  Lakawn.) 

Leader.  We  started  down  the  river  in  boats, 
very  much  like  those  in  which  we  came  up.  We 
were  more  than  glad  to  learn  that  the  journey  down 
stream  would  take  only  two  weeks.  At  last  we  came 
to  the  rapids  again,  and  it  was  both  interesting  and 
exciting  to  watch  the  preparations. 

First  a  bulwark  of  thatch  was  built  around  the  bow 


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of  each  boat  to  prevent  the  water  rushing  in.  Then 
a  second  great  steering  oar  was  rigged,  to  give  double 
control  of  the  boat,  and  an  extra  steersman  taken  on, 
whose  special  business  is  to  take  boats  through  the 
rapids.  Next  we  heard  a  deafening  roar  of  water ; 
the  boat  made  a  plunge,  the  rowers  strained  every 
muscle,  and  the  two  steersmen  danced  around  like 
madmen  in  their  efforts  to  keep  her  in  the  channel, 
and  the  next  minute  we  found  ourselves  in  smooth, 
quiet  water,  and  everybody  gave  a  deep  sigh  of  re- 
lief, and  then  drew  a  long  breath  to  get  ready  for  the 
next  one. 

The  river  was  high,  and  full  of  logs,  and  it  was  a 
very  exciting  trip.  It  rained  a  good  deal  of  the  time, 
and  for  two  whole  days  we  journeyed  through  ele- 
phant grass  so  rank  and  tall  that  we  could  see  noth- 
ing on  either  side. 

We  reached  Bangkok  in  safety,  then  took  steamer 
to  Hong-Kong,  from  Hong-Kong  to  Yokohama,  from 
Yokohama  to  San  Francisco,  and  then  home. 

Dear  friends,  we  found  Siam  truly  a  beautiful  land  ; 
but  it  is  full  of  idols,  and  the  people  are  superstitious 
and  degraded.  And  yet  those  who  have  heard  the 
truth  and  accepted  it  have  made  noble  Christians. 

Siam  with  her  millions  has  only  a  little  handful  of 
workers,  —  only  a  little  band  of  consecrated  men  and 
women,  and  yet  tlie  people  are  so  open  to  gospel 
teachings  !  Truly  in  Siam  the  harvest  is  great,  but 
the  laborers  few. 

What  are  we  going  to  do  about  it,  you  and  I  ? 
Our  Lord's  command  is  to  us  all  alike.     I  beg  of  you 


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to  wor'c,  pray,  and  give   for  the  work  in  Siam  and 
Laos. 

Perhaps  God  wants  you  there.  You  will  go  if  he 
does,  will  you  not  ? 

*  *  * 

SOCIAL   MISSIONARY   EVENINGS. 

The  three  "evenings"  (China,  Japan,  and  Africa) 
here  planned  and  outlined  are  suitable  for  missionary 
teas  and  missionary  socials  rather  than  for  regular 
missionary  meetings.  If  the  society  raises  its  money 
by  using  jugs,  they  can  be  used  as  "jug-breaking"' 
festivals.  Or  if  the  money  is  raised  by  pledges, 
such  an  "evening^'  would  furnish  an  opportune  time 
and  place  to  secure  pledges.  It  is  hoped  that  no 
society  will  use  them  for  making  money  by  charging 
admission  or  selling  refreshments. 

The  Japan  evening  was  planned  by  carefully  study- 
ing books  of  travel  and  missionary  letters  ;  the  Chi- 
nese evening  with  the  personal  assistance  of  Mrs. 
Mateer  of  China ;  and  the  African  evening  through  a 
correspondence  with  Miss  Isabella  Nassau  of  the 
Gaboon  and  Corisco  Mission,  Western  Africa. 


AN    EVENING    IN  JAPAN. 

Decorate  the  room  with  Japanese  curios  of  all 
kinds,  fans,  banners,  lanterns,  parasols,  etc.,  also 
with  a  profusion  of  flowers,   especially   chrysanthe- 


94 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 


THE    PRINTED   INVITATION. 

Veil  are  cordially  invited  to  spend 
An  Evening  in  Japan 
With  the  Missionary  Conversazione, 
Nov.  13,  at  7.30  p.  M. 
Programme  at  8  o'clock. 
Scripture  Reading  and  Prayer 
Solo,  "  I  Bring  Thee  a  Broken  Hear 
A  Story  Three  Yards  Longi   . 

Japanese  Lullaby  2 

Reading,  "The  Widow's  Mitts  "^ 
Japanese  Melodies  ^     .... 


Rev.  - 

Mr.  K- 

Mr.  B- 

Miss  W- 

Miss   A- 

Mrs.   K- 


Refreshments.  —  Tea,  candy  of  all  kinds,  little 
cakes  (odd  kind,  with  a  "  foreign  look  ").  This  re- 
freshment is  offered  guests  in  Japan.  Serve  it  on 
little  tables  about  eight  inches  high  (these  can  be 
quickly  and  easily  made),  and  allow  the  guests  to  sit 
on  the  floor ;  provide  several  high  tables  also.  For- 
eigners are  often  served  in  European  style  in  Japan. 
Serve  the  sweetmeats  on  a  white  paper.  Serve  the 
tea  in  tiny  cups,  putting  the  tea-leaves  into  the  cups 
at  the  table,  and  pour  boiling  water  over  them  from  a 

1  See  page  63. 

2  See  Children's  Work  for  Children,  September,  1891.  Price  4 
cents.     Pres.  Board  of  Pub.,  Witherspoon  Building,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

s  A  tract  called  "  Two  Mitts."  Price  2  cents.  Miss  S.  B.  Steb- 
bins,  Room  48,  Le  Moyne  Block,  Chicago,  111. 

*  From  Songs  of  the  Orient.  Price  20  cents.  Silver,  Burdett  & 
Co.,  Boston,  New  York,  and  Chicago. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  95 

small  Japanese  teapot.  Milk  and  sugar  are  never 
used  in  Japan  ;  but  sugar  is  sometimes  offered  to  for- 
eigners. 

*  *  * 

JAPANESE   ETIQUETTE. 

As  we  are  in  Japan  this  evening,  we  think  it  will 
be  best  for  us  to  give  you  some  hints  about  Japanese 
etiquette,  in  order  that  you  may  avoid  blunders.  We 
will  also  give  you  a  few  Japanese  phrases  to  use. 

First,  the  phrase  "Shikata  ga  nai,"  which  means 
"  There  is  no  help  for  it."  If  anything  is  "  Shikata 
ga  nai,"  why  get  angry?  A  well-bred  Japanese  never 
gets  angry;  it  is  not  polite. 

Therefore,  if  all  does  not  exactly  suit  you  to-night, 
if  you  must  wait  a  long  time  for  your  turn  at  table, 
if  some  one  hurts  your  feelings,  or  tramps  on  your 
toes,  don't  get  angry  (it  is  not  polite),  simply  smile, 
and  say  "  Shikata  ga  nai." 

Another  phrase  for  you  is  "  O  Hey  O,*'  which 
means  "  Good-morning."  But  you  say  it  is  evening. 
No,  no ;  it  is  evening  in  America,  and  you  are  in 
Japan,  where  it  is  morning. 

Next  we  must  teach  you  to  walk.  It  is  a  strict 
law  of  Japanese  etiquette  that  in  walking  the  toes 
must  be  turned  in,  and  the  soles  of  the  feet  re- 
main parallel  to  the  floor,  and  scarcely  leave  it.  It 
makes  an  awkward,  slovenly  motion,  but  you  have 
come  to  Japan,  so  "  Shikata  ga  nai." 

At  supper  you  must  sit  on  the  floor.  Let  us  teach 
you  how  to  do  it  gracefully,  in  true  Japanese  fashion. 
Kneel  down,  and  sit  on   your  heels.     Of  course  it 


96  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

makes  tlie  instep  ache  —  never  mind,  "  Shikata  ga 
nai."  In  Japan  it  makes  them  very  weary* to  sit  on 
chairs.  It  is  a  very  common  thing  in  church  to  see 
some  one  tired  of  sitting  foreign  fashion,  gravely 
stand  upon  the  seat,  double  his  feet  under  him,  and 
sit  down  on  them  ! 

We  shall  serve  you  some  tea  and  sweetmeats. 
The  sweetmeats  will  be  served  on  white  paper. 
Japanese  etiquette  demands  that  you  only  eat  a  small 
part ;  the  rest  must  be  carefully  wrapped  up  in  the 
white  paper,  and  carried  home  in  the  sleeves,  which 
are  the  pockets  of  a  Japanese  gown. 

One  more  hint.  If  you  don''t  enjoy  your  neigh- 
bor's conversation,  just  say  what  the  Japanese  street- 
arabs  say  when  they  hear  the  foreigners  talk  :  "  Ijin 
no  pa  pa,  neko  no  pa  pa,""  which  means,  "  Your  talk 
is  all  the  same  as  a  cat's."' 


AN  AFRICAN   PALAVER. 

Decorate  the  rooms  with  palm-leaves,  or  any  kind 
of  green  hung  above  the  windows  and  doors.  Drape 
the  windows  with  any  kind  of  crimson  material. 
The  civilized  natives  are  very  fond  of  crimson 
curtains. 

THE   INVITATIONS. 

Vou  are  cordially  invited  to  attend 

An  African  Palaver 

With  the  Missionary  Conversazione, 

First  Presbyterian  Church, 

March  18,  at  7.30  p.  M. 


fuel  for  missionary  fires.  97 

Programme  at  8  o'clock. 
Scripture  Reading.  Prayer. 

Duet,  "  The  Lord  is  my  Shepherd  "   Mr.  and  Mrs.  K 

African  Greeting       .     .     Miss  C and  Miss  S 

Palaver  about  Robert  Moffat. 

"  Lives  of  great  men  all  remind  us 

We  can  make  our  lives  sublime." 

African  Cradle  Song  i Miss  B 

Recitation Mr.  W 

African  Lullaby Miss  H 

Refreshments.     More  Palaver. 
African  greeting.  —  When  a  guest  arrives   he 
enters,  seats  himself  without  speaking  or  seeming  to 
observe  his  host ;  the  host  is  seated  in  the  same  dig- 
nified silence.     This  lasts  about  half  a  minute,  then 
the  host  says,  looking  at  his  guest,  — 
"  Mbolo."     (May  you  live  to  be  old.) 
The   guest    responds    heartily,    "E!    Mbolo    ke." 
(Yes  !  May  you  live  to  be  old  also.) 
Host.     "  O  re  mbia-mbia  ?  "     (Are  you  well  ?) 
Guest.     "  E  !  Ave  ke  ?"     (Yes  !  and  you  also  ?) 
Host.     "  Akera.     Mi   re    mbia-mbia."     (Thanks, 
I  am  well.)" 

REFRESHMENTS,  —  SALTED    PEANUTS    AND    BANANAS. 

The   peanuts   must    be    beautifully  browned,   and 
salted  after  th^  brown  skin  and  shell  are  removed. 

*See    Cradle  Songs  of  Matty  Nations,  $2.50.     Dodd,  Mead,  & 
Company,  New  York  City. 

-  Pronounce  a  as  in  father ;  e  as  a ;  i  as  e.     In  mbia   and  mbolo 
sound  both  consonants. 


98  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

The  bananas  should  be  peeled,  and  the  linty  sub- 
stance rubbed  off,  and  held  with  a  green  leaf  fastened 
around  one  end.  (A  lettuce  leaf  fastened  on  with  a 
small  wooden  toothpick  makes  them  very  pretty.) 


AN    EVENING   IN    CHINA.i 

Decorate  the  room  with  Chinese  things,  — 
fans,  lanterns,  and  especially  banners  and  umbrellas. 
Very  pretty  transparencies  which  are  quite  Chinese 
can  be  made  by  making  a  light  frame  and  covering  it 
with  some  very  thin  white  paper ;  cut  grotesque 
figures  of  animals,  Chinese  dragons,  etc.,  from  thin, 
colored  papers,  and  paste  them  carefully  on  the  white 
paper.  Brush  the  whole  surface  over  with  a  coat  of 
oil  to  make  it  transparent.  They  are  very  much  used 
for  transoms  and  windows. 

CHINESE   ETIQUETTE. 

When  a  guest  arrives  a  great  hand-shaking  takes 
place  (Chinese  shake  their  own  hands,  by  placing 
one  on  top  of  the  other,  and  moving  both  up  and 
down) . 

The  hostess  insists  on  the  guest  taking  the  best 
chair.  The  guest  objects,  saying,  "  No;  you."  The 
hostess  insists  ;  the  guest  still  objects.  Finally  the 
hostess  takes  the  guest  by  the  shoulders  and  pushes 
her  into  a  chair. 

When  the  guest  leaves  there  is  more  hand-shaking. 

The  guest  says,  "  I  must  go.^' 

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The  hostess  responds,  "  Go  slowly." 
After  the  feast  this  dialogue  takes  place :  — 
Guest.     "  I  have  made  you  much  trouble." 
Hostess.     "Don't  mention  it;    I  have    prevented 

you  getting  a  good  meal." 

Guest.     "  How  can  you  say  so?     We  have  eaten 

our  fill  of  good  things.*' 

Nothing  must  be  touched  with  the  fingers  at  the 

table  ;  everything  must  be  taken  with  chopsticks. 
The  chopsticks  must  not  go  into  the  mouth  ;   the 

food  must  be   tossed  in.     In  sipping  tea,  one  may 

make  as  much  noise  as  he  pleases. 

When  all  are  seated  at  the  table,  a  great  bowing 

begins  ;  each  bows  many  times  to  the  other,  with 

clasped  hands. 

Then  all  begin  to  drink  at  once,  and  drink  very 

fast. 

DIRECTIONS   TO    THE   REFRESHMENT   COMMITTEE. 

Serve  the  refreshments  on  small  tables  about  eight 
or  ten  inches  high.  Provide  also  several  high  tables 
for  people  who  do  not  care  to  sit  on  the  floor. 

The  waiters  for  each  "table  will  need  six  large 
saucers,  a  Chinese  teapot,  and  as  many  small  cups 
and  saucers  and  bowls  as  there  are  places  at  the 
table. 

Use  no  tablecloth,  spoons,  or  plates.  If  real  chop- 
sticks cannot  be  obtained,  make  some  by  splitting 
up  a  bamboo  fishing-pole. 

In  China,  fancy  dishes  are  served  first,  substantial 
ones  last. 


lOO  FUEL    FUR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

First  co2irsc.  Tea  (see  directions  for  Japanese 
evening) :  preserved  ginger,  cut  in  small  pieces ; 
dates  ;  lady-fingers,  made  long  and  narrow ;  dough- 
nuts the  size  and  shape  of  a  peanut  with  the  shell  on. 

Seco7id  course.  Rice  cooked  without  salt,  and  with 
the  grains  broken  as  little  as  possible  ;  slaw  made  of 
shredded  turnips,  with  a  very  salty  catsup  poured 
over  it ;  large  cucumber  pickles,  taken  right  from  the 
brine  (no  vinegar),  and  cut  into  small  cubes. 

When  the  guests  come  to  the  tables  they  should 
find  on  them  four  saucers  ;  one  filled  with  dates,  one 
with  lady-fingers,  one  with  ginger,  and  one  with 
doughnuts.  Serve  the  tea  immediately.  The  guests 
have  no  plates  ;  they  eat  from  the  common  dish. 

When  the  first  course  is  finished  carry  out  the  tea- 
cups only  (let  the  sweetmeats  remain),  and  bring  in 
a  small  bowl  of  rice  for  each  guest,  and  one  large 
saucer  of  slaw,  and  another  of  pickles,  and  place 
them  on  the  table  with  the  sweetmeats. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  1 01 


TITLES   FOR    PAPERS. 


{Most  of  these  have  been  taketi  from  missionary  magazines^ 
programmes,  etc.  For  material,  see  list  of  books,  leaflets,  etc., 
at  the  end  of  the  book.)         

Shakespeare  says,  "  Whaf s  in  a  name?''  and 
a  missionary  leader  wisely  answers,  "  Much,  every 
way."  It  is  certainly  true  that  a  paper  or  exercise 
with  an  attractive  name  will  be  more  likely  to  secure 
and  hold  attention  than  one  with  a  prosy  name. 

1.  A  Journey  through  South  America  with  Uncle 

John  Makebelieve. 

2.  India  seen  through  a  Tourist's  Spectacles. 

3.  Syria  viewed  from  a  Pilgrim's  Standpoint. 

4.  Egypt  seen  with  an  American's  Eyes. 

5.  The  People  of  Down-trodden  Persia. 

6.  Tlie  Fifth  Gospel  —The  Land  of  Our  Lord. 

7.  Marvels  of  Missionary  History.     (A  series  of 

papers.)     See  files  of  the  Missionary  Re- 
view of  the  Wo7'ld. 

8.  Miracles  of  Missions.     (Also  a  series.)     See 

Miracles  of  Missions  by  A.  T.  Pierson. 

9.  A  Telephone  Talk  with  Our  Missionaries  in 
,  Alaska. 

10.  Looking  Backward. 

"     II.  Looking  Forward. 

12.  Trials  of  Missionary  Life. 

13.  Rescuing  Perishing  Chinese. 

14.  How  Our  Missionaries  travel. 

15.  The  Great  Importance  of  winning  China  for 

Christ. , 


I02  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

1 6.  How  the  Gospel  is  spread  in  India. 

17.  A  Tour  in  Japan  via  the  Pen-and-ink  R.R. 

18.  A  Voyage  Among  the  Islands  of  the  Sea. 

19.  A  Bird's  Eye  View  of  Canton. 

20.  Missionary  Heroes. 

21.  Missionary  Heroines. 

22.  Missionary  Martyrs. 

23.  The  Day  dawns  in  Korea. 

24.  Life  Among  the  Karens. 

25.  Unoccupied  Territory  in  Asia'. 

26.  Alaska  and  Her  Needs. 

27.  A   Child    Widow  — "Put    Yourself   in    Her 

Place." 

28.  A  Native  Christian  Convert — "Put  Yourself 

in  His  Place." 

29.  The  "  Problem  of  the  Unemployed  "  in  our 

Church. 

30.  Christ  for  every  Creature,  and  every  Creature 

for  Christ. 

31.  The  Great  Scourge  of  Africa. 

32.  The  Power  of  the  Gospel  as  seen  in  Converted 

Indians. 

33.  Samuel    Crowther  —  Born   a    Savage,  died  a 

Bishop. 

34.  A  Day  with  Our  Workers  in  Damascus. 

35.  Our  Mail-Bag  from  Ceylon. 

36.  Glances  at  Mexico. 

37.  Something  about  the  Turks. 

38.  Mexico  in  the  Toils  of  Papal  Power. 

39.  Robert  Morrison,  the  Pioneer  in  China. 

40.  Africa's  Twofold  Curse. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES.  103 

41.  Missionary  Progress  in  Assam. 

42.  Under  the  Southern  Cross  —  Missions  in  Aus- 

tralia. 

43.  Facts  and  Figures  from  Many  Lands. 

44.  Hardships  of  Native  Converts. 

45.  The  Christless  Toilers  of  China. 

46.  The  Telegu  Mission  —  A  Wonderful  Chapter 

in  Missionary  History. 

47.  A  Boat  Trip  on  Chinese  Rivers. 

48.  What  Our  Missionaries  are  doing  in  Siam. 

49.  Good  Cheer  from  Syria. 

50.  The  Curse  of  Caste. 

51.  A  Tour  through  Brazil. 

52.  Hindrances  and  Helps  in  Persia. 
53."  Among  the  Lepers  in  India. 

54.  Things  Japanese  that  are  Promising. 

55.  Affairs  in  Korea. 

56.  The  Bible  as  a  Missionary  Weapon. 

57.  Great  Openings  in  Eastern  Lands. 

58.  The  Gospel  among  the  Jews. 

59.  The  Flowery  Kingdom. 

60.  Visits  to  the  McAU  Mission  — Pages  from  the 

Diary  of  a  European  Tourist. 

61.  Japan  in  a  Nut-shell. 

62.  Heathen  Ceremonies. 

63.  Baby  Days  in  Japan. 

64.  India,  our  April  Country. 

65.  Heathen  Sports. 

66.  Odd  Bits  of  Information  about  the  Laos  Land. 

67.  Great  Lessons  from  Small  Things. 

68.  Odd  Superstitions  Among  the  Mexicans. 


I04  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

69.  A  Day's  Outing  Among  the  Indians. 

70.  How  a  Missionary  spends  Her  Time. 

71.  Unoccupied  Territory. 

72.  Chinese  Punishments. 

73.  Startling  Facts. 

74.  The  Celestial  Empire. 

SWhat  We  have  done. 
What  We  are  doing. 
What  We  can  do. 
76.    Missionary  Ships.     See  Life  and  Light,  July, 
1894,  and  Lesson    Leaflet  —  Topic,   "Mis- 
sionary Ships,'-  Woman's  Board  of  Missions, 
Congregational  House,  Boston. 


FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES,  105 


HINTS   TO   LEADERS. 

*'  A  BAD  leader  says,  'Go  on,  boys.' " 
"  A  good  leader  says,  '  Come  on,  boys.'  " 
Be  A  LEADER.     Others  are  always  ready  to  follow 
a  leader.     But  be  sure  your  leading  is  right.     When 
others   are  following,    it  behooves   one   to   be   very 

careful. 

*  * 

The  Siamese  motto,  "  Never  do  anything  yourself 
that  you  can  possibly  get  any  one  else  to  do  for  you,'^ 
is  an  admirable  motto  for  a  missionary  leader.  This 
does  not  mean  that  you  may  be  lazy  —  oh,  no  !  far 
from  it.  It  is  often  harder  to  put  others  to  work 
than  to  do  it  all  yourself.  Besides,  there  is  much  that 
no  one  can  do  for  you. 


The  more  members  you  can  enlist  as  helpers,  the 
more  successful  will  the  meeting  be.  Get  as  many  as 
possible  to  be  "  partners  in  the  concern,"  and  they 
"  will  come  to  see  how  the  business  is  getting  along.'^ 
Never  forget  to  thank  those  who  have  helped  you. 
As  soon  as  the  programme  is  over,  the  leader's  first 
duty  (and  a  very  pleasant  duty  it  is)  should  be  to  go 
to  all  who  have  helped  in  any  way  and  thank  them 
for  it. 

We  all  like  to  know  that  we  have  helped,  and  that 
our  help  has  been  recognized,  and  we  are  readier  to 
work  for  a  leader  who  is  grateful. 

And  it  helps  to  keep  the  leader  from  magnifying 


Io6  FUEL    FOR    MISSIONARY    FIRES. 

his  own  importance,  to  recognize  how  much  of  the 
success  was  due  to  the  loving  help  of  the  members. 


Dr.  John  Hall  has  said,  "  Hand-shaking  is  a  means 
of  grace."  Don't  forget  this,  and  have  a  welcoming 
committee  at  the  door,  and  a  social  committee  to  see 
that  no  one  goes  away  without  a  personal  greeting. 

*  * 

A  gloomy  room  will  often  kill  a  missionary  meet- 
ing. If  the  church  parlor  is  not  bright  and  cheery, 
make  it  so.  If  it  is  too  large,  shut  off  a  cosey  corner 
by  using  large  screens.  If  the  meeting  is  held  on 
a  week-day,  appoint  a  committee  to  transform  it  for 
the  time  into  a  homelike  room.  Put  on  the  table  a 
dainty  cover  or  scarf,  and  if  possible  a  few  fresh 
flowers.  Arrange  the  chairs  in  little  groups,  and 
don't  have  too  many  of  them.  Empty  chairs  don't 
create  enthusiasm.  Maps,  missionary  pictures,  pho- 
tographs, or  drawings,  and  curiosities  from  foreign 
mission  countries  are  invaluable. 


Missionary  interest  to  "  prosper  and  be  in  health  " 
and  to  grow  must  have  exercise  as  well  as  food.  So 
plan  plenty  of  work,  and  hold  a  work-meeting  once 
in  a  while.  It  will  promote  sociability  better  than  a 
regular  social.  Send  a  box  to  some  missionary  every 
once  in  a  while. 

Don't  forget  that  "  love  grows  through  sowing," 
and  interest  comes  from  doing. 


FUEL    FOR    xMISSIONARY    FIRES.  107 

Remember  that  numbers,  though  desirable,  do  not 
make  a  successful  meeting.  A  successful  meeting  is 
one  that  adds  to  the  interest  in  missions,  and  to  a 
knowledge  of  the  work.  Send  people  away  to  work, 
to  pray,  and  to  give  better  than  before. 
*  * 

It  is  vastly  more  important  that  the  meeting  is  ac- 
ceptable to  our  Lord  and  Master  Jesus  Christ,  than 
that  any  chance  visitors  shall  be  charmed  with  it. 
Remembering  this  makes  many  a  leader  brave, 
where  he  would  otherwise  be  embarrassed  and  dis- 
tressed by  the  presence  of  strangers. 

Melinda  Rankin,  the  pioneer  missionary  to  Mexico, 
says  this  word,  which  ought  to  sink  deep  into  every 
leaders  heart,  "  The  word  'discouragement^  is  not 
found  in  the  dictionary  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 
N.ever  let  yourself  use  the  w^ord  if  you  have  God's 
work  to  do."  If  one  plan  fails,  try  another,  but  don't 
give  up. 

In  making  the  programme,  the  first  thing  to  do  is 
to  pray  over  it.  Go  to  God  as  to  an  earthly  friend, 
and  plead  his  promise  in  Jas.  1:5.  "If  any  of  you 
lack  wisdom,  let  him  ask  of  God  .  .  .  and  it  shall  be 
given  him."  Pray  for  subjects  ;  pray  to  be  led  to 
ask  the  proper  persons  to  present  them ;  pray  that 
those  asked  may  be  wilHngto  accept ;  pray  that  noth- 
ing may  hinder  their  coming  to  the  meeting  to  fulfil 
their  promise  ;  pray  for  plans  ;  pray  in  regard  to 
every  detail  in  carrying  them  out. 


Io8  FUEL 'for    missionary    FIRES. 

You  may  be  sure  of  answers.  Surround  yourself 
with  a  little  circle  of  praying  friends,  and  ask  them  to 
pray  with  you  for  these  things. 

Never  hold  a  meeting  just  for  the  sake  of  holding 
a  meeting,  and  never  hold  a  meeting  without  present- 
ing direct  and  definite  appeals  of  some  kind.  Al- 
ways seek  in  some  way  to  impress  on  those  present 
the  great  need  of  money,  of  workers,  of  prayer. 

It  has  been  stated  that  in  battle  only  one  bullet 
in  a  thousand  hits  the  enemy  and  only  one  in  ten 
thousand  proves  fatal.  This  is  because  the  great 
body  of  soldiers  shoot  at  random,  anywhere,  every- 
where, and  do  not  take  definite  aim.  There  is  the 
same  waste  in  much  of  our  church-work.  Many  and 
many  a  meeting  is  held  with  little  or  no  result,  be- 
cause our  missionary  shot  is  fired  at  random,  with  no 
definite  purpose  or  aim. 


"  What  profit  should  we  have  if  we   pray  unto   him?  " 
Job  21 :  15. 

"PRAYER   AND    PAINS 

THROUGH    FAITH    IN   JESUS    CHRIST 

WILL   ACCOMPLISH   ANYTHING." 

John   Eliot. 


Ceafim  for  missionary  Commimes. 


We  publish  a  number  of  leaflets  for  Missionary  Commit- 
tees, among  which  are  the  following  :  — 

Plans  for  the  Missionary  Committee.  By  the  Yale  Band. 
Price,  lo  cents  each  ;  gi.oo  a  dozen,  post-paid. 

Suggestions  for  the  Missionary  Committee  of  the  Christian  ' 
Endeavor  Union.  Price,  2  cents  each  ;  50  cents  a  hun- 
dred, post-paid. 

The  Missionary  Committee  at  Work.  By  W.  Henry  Grant. 
Giving  suggestions  for  meetings,  subjects,  and  pro- 
grammes.   Price,  3  cents  each  ;  }?2.oo  per  hundred. 

A  Missionary's  Visit.  A  dialogue.  By  Mrs.  J.  L.  Hill. 
Price,  3  cents  each  ;  $2.00  per  hundred. 

Maps  and  Money.  By  V.  F.  P.  Price,  3  cents  each  ;  $2.00 
per  hundred. 

Money  and  the  Kingdom.  By  Rev.  Josiah  Strong,  D.  D. 
This  is  Chapter  15  of  "  Our  Country,"  and  is  of  especial 
interest  to  all  tithe-givers.  Price,  2  cents  each  ;  $1.60  per 
hundred. 

The  Missionary  Prayer  Circle.  Prepared  by  the  Yale  Mis- 
sionary Band.  Subjects  for  prayer  in  young  people's 
societies  and  in  private  devotions,  covering  a  period  of 
twenty-six  weeks.     Price,  5  cents  a  dozen. 

Missionary  Reading-Circle  Slips.  Pledges  to  be  used  in 
securing  readers  of  missionary  books.  Price,  20  cents  per 
hundred. 

Missionary  Pledge  Cards.     Price,  30  cents  per  hundred. 

The  Pocketbook  Opener.  By  Rev.  J.  F.  Cowan,  D.D.  In- 
teresting and  profitable,  as  illustrating  the  different  prin- 
ciples of  giving.  This  is  printed  in  imitation  of  an  alli- 
gator leather  pocketbook.    Price,  50  cents  per  hundred. 

Missionary  Committee  Report  Blanks.  The  book  contains 
a  sufficient  number  of  blank  reports  to  last  two  years. 
Price,  including  postage,  29  cents. 

Portfolio  of  Missionary  Programmes,  By  S.  L.  Mershon. 
This  booklet  contains  twenty  complete  programmes  for 
missionary  meetings,  togetlier  with  suggested  thoughts 
on  how  to  have  the  most  interesting  meetings.  Price, 
ID  cents,  post-paid. 


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Books  Tor  missionary  Committees. 

The  Missionary  Manual.    By  Amos  R.  Wells.    134  pages, 

bound  in  cloth.    Price,  35  cents. 

No  set  of  workers  in  our  young  people's  societies  is  so 
eager  for  work  to  do  or  so  enthusiastic  in  doing  the  work 
as  our  missionary  committees.  These  energetic  laborers 
have  long  needed  a  full  and  systematic  manual  of  direc- 
tions and  suggestions,  such  as  this  book  aims  to  be.  A  few 
volumes  have  taken  up  this  task  in  part  and  with  admir- 
able success,  but  none  with  the  completeness  of  detail  or 
anything  like  the  fulness  attempted  in  this  book. 

Those  that  use  this  book  will  find  it  practical.  Indeed, 
at  least  half  of  the  plans  here  set  forth  have  been  tried  and 
proved  by  large  numbers  of  societies  all  over  the  world. 

At  the  same  time,  however,  recognizing  the  value  of 
novelty  in  this  work,  as  in  most  work,  the  author  made  up 
the  volume  to  a  very  large  extent  —  probably  half — of  orig- 
inal plans  which  have  not  before  been  published.  These 
new  methods  will  be  found  as  useful  as  the  old  have  been, 
and  will  give  fresh  life  to  thousands  of  missionary  meetings. 

Fuel  for  Missionary  Fires.    By  Belle  M.  Brain.    Bound  in 

cloth.    Price,  35  cents. 

A  book  packed  full  of  practical  plans  for  missionary 
meetings.   By  following  the  suggested  plans  or  programmes 

fiven  in  this  book  your  missionary  meetings  will  be  the 
rightest  that  you  ever  held.  There  is  great  variety.  It  is 
bright,  pithy,  sententious  throughout.  The  best  book  of 
this  nature  ever  published.    Everything  tried  and  proved. 


missionary  exercises. 

These  exercises  are  very  complete,  and  are  compiled 
especially  to  awaken  interest  in  the  foreign  field.  They 
contain  the  entire  programme,  including  hymns  and  scrip- 
ture readings.  A  separate  sheet  comes  with  Numbers  3» 
4,  5,  and  6  for  the  exclusive  use  of  leader  and  speakers. 

Wo.  I.  A  War  Meeting. 

No.  2.  The  Whole  Wide  World  for  Jesus, 

Ko.  3.  Lessons  from  the  Lives  of  Great  Missionaries. 

No.  4.  Saved  to  Serve. 

No.  5.  The  Church  and  World-Wide  Missions. 

No.  6.  The  Ultimate  Triumph  of  World-Wide  Missions. 

Price,  sample  copy  complete,  5  cents;  twenty-five  copies. 
50 cents;  fifty  copies,  75  cents ;  one  hundred  copies,  $1.50. 
Two  copies  of  speaker^s  part  free  with  each  quantity  order. 

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tbe  f^onquest  missionary  Cibrary. 

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This  is  by  far  the  best  library  for  the  price  that  has  ever 
been  published.  It  contains  ten  of  the  latest  and  best  mis- 
sionary books.  The  books  are  uniform  in  size,  and  are 
nicely  bound  in  cloth,  with  a  neat  cover  design.  The  li- 
brary is  beautifully  illustrated,  there  being  nearly  loo  full- 
page  illustrations,  besides  many  sraaller  ones.  The  library 
must  be  bought  entire,  and  in  no  case  will  a  set  be  broken. 
It  may  be  ordered  either  from  our  Boston  or  Chicago  office, 
as  may  be  the  most  convenient.  E.xpress  charges  must  be 
paid  by  the  purchaser.  Money  must  accompany  every 
order. 

Chinese  Characteristics.  By  Rev.  Arthur  H.  Smith,  for 
twenty-two  years  a  missionary  to  China.  Sixteen  full- 
page  illustrations  from  photographs,  together  with  an 
index  and  a  glossary.    Price,  $1.25. 

From  Far  Formosa.  The  Island,  Its  People,  and  Missions. 
By  Rev.  G.  L.  MacKay,  D.D.,  for  twenty-three  years  a 
missionary  on  the  island.  Edited  by  Rev.  J.  A.  Mac- 
Donald.  With  4  maps,  16  illustrations,  and  an  index. 
Price,  $1.25. 

TheGist  of  Japan.  The  Islands,  Their  People,  and  Mis- 
sions. By  Rev.  R.  B.  Peery,  A.M.,  Ph.D.,  of  the  Luth- 
eran Mission,  Saga.  With  illustrations  and  index.  Price, 
$1.25. 

In  Afric's  Forest  and  Jungle;  or,  Six  Years  among  the 
Yarubans.  By  Rev.  R.  H.  Stone.  Cloth,  well  illus- 
trated.   Price,  $1.00. 

Fellow  Travellers.  By  Rev.  Francis  E.  Clark,  D.D.  Im- 
pressions of  men,  things,  and  events.  Illustrated  from 
photographs.    Price,  $1.25. 

Korean  Sketches.  By  Rev.  Tames  S.  Gale.  A  mission- 
ary's observations  in  the  Hermit  nation.  Fully  illus- 
trated.   Price,  ^i.oo. 

Nineteen  Centuries  of  Missions;  or,  the  Students'  Hand- 
book of  Foreign  Missions.  By  Mrs.  William  W.  Scud- 
der.  With  an  introduction  by  Rev.  F.  E.  Clark,  D.  D. 
Price,  50  cents. 

On  the  Indian  Trail.  Stories  of  missionary  work  among 
the  Cree  and  Saulteaux  Indians.  By  Egerton  R.  Young. 
Price,  $1.00. 

Our  Sisters  in  India.  By  Rev.  E.  Storrow.  Illustrated 
with  30  engravings.     Price,  $1.25. 

The  Transformation  of  Hawaii.  How  American  mission- 
aries gave  a  Christian  nation  to  the  world.  By  Belle  M. 
Brain.    With  numerous  illustrations.    Price,  $1.00. 

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Evenings  with  missions. 


There  is  no  excuse  for  a  dull  missionary  meeting,  if  the 
missionary  committee  will  use  the  material  given  in  our 
several  missionary  booklets  and  exercises.  Our  series  of 
"  Evenings  with  Missions  "  covers  the  whole  field  of  home 
missions  and  several  foreign  fields.  Each  booklet  contains 
all  the  information  necessary  for  a  most  interesting  and 
instructive  meeting,  together  with  a  complete  suggested 
programme. 

No.  I.  Mexico.  Justly  called  "the  land  of  flowers"  and 
our  next-door  neighbor  ;  yet  how  little  we  know  about  it. 

No.  2.  The  Indians.  Two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  in 
the  United  States  who  have  been  driven  from  their  old 
hunting-grounds.    What  are  we  doing  for  them  ? 

No.  3.  A  Trip  to  Alaska.  While  the  interest  in  the  Klon- 
dike is  so  intense,  what  more  interesting  subject  for  a 
missionary  meeting  than  this  ? 

No.  4.  The  Freed  People.  Freed  in  name  but  imprisoned 
in  ignorance.    Learn  what  is  being  done  for  them. 

No.  5.  The  Chinese  in  America.    Is  it  right  to  sing  — 
"Peace  on  earth,  good  will"  — if  you  please  — 
"  To  all  nations  and  peoples  "  —  except  the  Chinese  ? 

No.  6.  Immigration  and  Evangelization  of  the  Great  West. 

A  very  instructive  and  interesting  exercise  descriptive  of 
the  emigrant  from  his  landing  at  Castle  Garden  to  his 
settlement  in  the  Great  West. 

No.  7.  Romanism  in  America.  Contrasting  the  Roman 
Catholic  restrictive  policy  with  the  American  spirit  of 
independence  and  freedom. 

No.  8.  The  Mormons.  Do  you  know  anything  about  this 
cancer  which  is  at  the  very  heart  of  our  civihzation  ? 

No.  9.  General  Survey  of  the  Home  Field.  A  very  instruc- 
tive evening  may  be  spent  with  this  subject,  showing  the 
providence  of  God  in  the  settlement  of  our  country. 

No.  10.  India.  ^  These  subjects  are  always  interesting. 
No  II  Africa  \  The  leaflets  give  plenty  of  material  for 
„  ■  *  pi,-  *  I  most  excellent  programmes.  They  de- 
JNO.  12.  Lnina.  )  gcribe  the  manners  and  customs  of  the 
people,  the  horrors  of  heathenism,  and  the  splendid  work 
of  our  devoted  missionaries. 

Price  of  the  above  is  ten  cents  each. 

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